4. Confiscation orders
Feedback & supportSubject to section 23, where a defendant is convicted of one or more drug trafficking offences, the court shall, on the application of the Public Prosecutor, make a confiscation order against the defendant in respect of benefits derived by him from drug trafficking if the court is satisfied that such benefits have been so derived.
defendant
“defendant” means a person against whom proceedings have been instituted for a drug trafficking offence or offences whether or not he has been convicted thereof;
If the court is satisfied that benefits have been derived by the defendant from drug trafficking, the court shall, before sentencing or otherwise dealing with him in respect of the offence or, as the case may be, any of the offences concerned, determine in accordance with section 7 the amount to be recovered in his case by virtue of this section.
drug trafficking
“drug trafficking” means doing or being concerned in, whether in Singapore or elsewhere, any act constituting —(a)an offence specified in the Schedule (other than an offence under section 41 or 43); or(b)a foreign offence punishable under a corresponding law,and includes entering into or being otherwise concerned in, whether in Singapore or elsewhere, an arrangement whereby —(i)the retention or control by or on behalf of another person of that other person’s benefits of drug trafficking is facilitated; or(ii)the benefits of drug trafficking by another person are used to secure funds that are placed at that other person’s disposal or are used for that other person’s benefit to acquire property by way of investment;
The court shall then, in respect of the offence or offences concerned —
take into account the confiscation order before imposing any fine on him; and
subject to paragraph (a), leave the confiscation order out of account in determining the appropriate sentence or other manner of dealing with the defendant.
Subject to section 24, for the purposes of this Act, a person who holds or has at any time (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) held any property or any interest therein disproportionate to his known sources of income, the holding of which cannot be explained to the satisfaction of the court, shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed to have derived benefits from drug trafficking:Provided that any expenditure by such person (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed to have been met out of his benefits derived from drug trafficking.
property
“property” means money and all other property, movable or immovable, including things in action and other intangible or incorporeal property;