Clause 12

by inserting, immediately after the words “drug trafficking offence” in the 2nd line of subsection (1), the words “or a serious offence, as the case may be,”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “drug trafficking offence” in the 3rd and 4th lines of subsection (1), the words “or the serious offence, as the case may be,”;

by deleting the words “or he is not amenable to extradition proceedings” in subsection (2)(b)(ii) and substituting the words “, apprehended or extradited”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsection:“(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person shall be taken to abscond in connection with a serious offence if, whether before or after the date of commencement of the Drug Trafficking (Confiscation of Benefits) (Amendment) Act 1999 —

investigations for a serious offence have been commenced against the person; and

the person —

dies before proceedings in respect of the offence were instituted, or if such proceedings were instituted, the person dies before he is convicted; or

at the end of the period of 6 months from the date on which the investigations referred to in paragraph (a) were commenced against him, cannot be found, apprehended or extradited.”.