Notice
Court order seizes property linked to crime · Published 2024-05-24 · What is a POCA?
- ID / Reg no
- 6468110262145
- Date
- 2024-04-23
Case
- Case number
- 4987/2024
- Court
- Western Cape
Asset description
R4 320 in cash and a Silver 2008 model C220CDI Mercedes Benz with registration number CAA 84205 with Engine number 6468110262145 and Chassis Number WDD2040082R044936 currently stored at the Bellville VSS SAPS 13/1094/2023 under case docket with reference Bellville CAS 577/05/2023. (a copy of the application and order can be obtained from the person mentioned in par 9 hereunder).
From the gazette
NOTICE IN TERMS OF SECTION 39 OF THE PREVENTION OF ORGANISED CRIME ACT 121 OF 1998 (POCA)
The National Director of Public Prosecutions applied for and was granted a preservation of property order in terms of
section 38 of the prevention of organised crime act, no. 121 of 1998 in the High Court of South Africa (Western Cape
Division, Cape Town) on 23 April 2024 in case number 4987/2024 in relation to: R4 320 in cash and a Silver 2008
model C220CDI Mercedes Benz with registration number CAA 84205 with Engine number 6468110262145 and
Chassis Number WDD2040082R044936 currently stored at the Bellville VSS SAPS 13/1094/2023 under case docket
with reference Bellville CAS 577/05/2023. (a copy of the application and order can be obtained from the person
mentioned in par 9 hereunder).
This notice is addressed to all persons who may have an interest in the property described above.
Take notice that:
1 If you have an interest in the property, you should understand that it is now at risk. You are advised to obtain legal
advice on whether your interest can be protected and, if so, on how to protect it.
2 You are notified that the National Director will, within 90 days of publication of this notice, apply to the High Court
under section 48 of the POCA for a forfeiture order. The preservation order will remain in force until the application for
a forfeiture order is finalised, and until any forfeiture order that is made is satisfied.
3 If you intend to oppose the application for a forfeiture order, or you intend to apply for an order excluding your interest
from a forfeiture order in respect of the property, you must enter an appearance in terms of the order. The requirements
for such an appearance are set out in the order and are also dealt with in sections 39(3), (4) and (5) of the POCA. An
appearance must comply with these requirements and must be delivered to the office of the State Attorney at the
address mentioned in paragraph 9, below.
4 Your attention is specifically drawn to the 14-day time limit prescribed in section 39(4) for the entry of an appearance
referred to in paragraph 3 above.
5 If you enter an appearance in terms of the order, you will be entitled to be given 14 days notice of the application by
the applicant for a forfeiture order in respect of the property.
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50 No. 50701 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24 May 2024