Notice
Court order seizes property linked to crime · Published 2025-05-09 · What is a POCA?
- Date
- 2025-04-17
Case
- Case number
- 2025-053397
- Court
- Western
Asset description
R163 077.50 cash, that is currently held in the ABSA bank account of the SAPS (A copy of the application and order can be obtained from the person mentioned in par 9 hereunder).
From the gazette
In the matter between: The National Director of Public Prosecutions, Applicant
In re: In re: application for a preservation of property order in terms of section 38 of Prevention of Organised
Crime Act 121 of 1998 in respect of R163 077.50 cash that was seized by members of the South African Police
Service on 5 February 2024.
ANNEXURE A
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, 1998 in the High Court of South Africa (Western
Cape Local Division, Cape Town) on 17 April 2025 under case number 2025-053397 in relation to R163 077.50
cash, that is currently held in the ABSA bank account of the SAPS (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.
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52 No. 52594 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 09 MAY 2025