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Court order seizes property linked to crime · Published 2025-07-11 · What is a POCA?

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Case number
2025-063077

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                              WESTERN CAPE / WES-KAAP
                                                                                          Case No: 2025-063077
                                    IN THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA
                     (WESTERN CAPE DIVISION, CAPE TOWN, Western Cape / Wes-Kaap)
                      CAPE TOWN, 2025-05-30, Before the Honourable Ms Justice Holderness
                   In the matter between: The National Director of Public Prosecutions, Applicant
  In re: In re: a Blue Ford Motor vehicle with registration number CCO 3769 An application for a preservation of
            property order in terms of section 38 of The Prevention of Organised Crime Act 121 of 1998.
  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, No. 121 of 1998 in the HIGH COURT OF SOUTH
AFRICA (WESTERN CAPE DIVISION , CAPE TOWN) on 30 May 2025, in case number 2025-063077, relation
to: a Blue Ford Motor vehicle with registration number CCO 3769 that was seized by members of the South
African Police Service (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.

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   56      No. 52961                          GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11 JULY 2025

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