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The meaning of seizure is fairly straightforward. In R. v. Dyment (1988), [17] the Supreme Court defined it simply as the "taking of a thing from a person by a public authority without that person's consent." This meaning has been narrowed to cover property taken in furtherance of administration or criminal investigation (Quebec (Attorney ...
2004 - Manitoba - The Criminal Property Forfeiture Act; 2005 - British Columbia - Civil Forfeiture Act; 2007 - Quebec - An Act respecting the forfeiture, administration and appropriation of proceeds and instruments of unlawful activity c C-52.2; 2007 - Nova Scotia - Civil Forfeiture Act; 2009 - Saskatchewan - The Seizure of Criminal Property ...
Whether an automatic roadside prohibition scheme enacted under s. 92(13) of the Constitution Act, 1867 is ultra vires provincial authority as being exclusively within federal government's criminal law power under s. 91(27) of the Constitution Act, 1867; Whether same automatic roadside prohibition regime creates an offence within the meaning of ...
Many circuit courts have said that law enforcement can hold your property for as long as they want. D.C.’s high court decided last week that’s unconstitutional.
Dareton police search the vehicle of a suspected drug smuggler in Wentworth, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, near the border with Victoria.. Search and seizure is a procedure used in many civil law and common law legal systems by which police or other authorities and their agents, who, suspecting that a crime has been committed, commence a search of a person's property and ...
More than 70% of the 1,884 seizure incidents between July 2019 and November 2023 resulted in uncontested or default forfeitures of property, according to official Kansas data. Half of seizures ...
Personal Property Security Act Securities Transfer Act Builders' liens Repair and storage liens Workers' liens British Columbia: RSBC 1996, c. 359: SBC 2007, c. 10: Builders Lien Act: Repairers Lien Act, Warehouse Lien Act: Livestock Lien Act, Tugboat Worker Lien Act, Woodworker Lien Act Alberta: RSA 2000, c. P‑7: SA 2006, c. S-4.5
The Kansas House and Senate each passed their own versions of laws reforming civil asset forfeiture, the practice of police confiscation of property that’s allegedly involved in criminal activities.