Section 16
of Drug Trafficking (Recovery of Proceeds) Act
Section 16
(1)
Where a receiver appointed under sections 11 or 13 or in pursuance of a charging order takes any action —
(a)
in relation to property which is not realisable property, being action which he would be entitled to take if it were such property; and
(b)
believing, and having reasonable grounds for believing, that he is entitled to take that action in relation to that property, he shall not be liable to any person in respect of any loss or damage resulting from his action except in so far as the loss or damage is caused by his negligence.
(2)
Any amount due in respect of the remuneration and expenses of a receiver so appointed and the expenses incurred by the police and the Bureau in the preservation and maintenance of the property shall, if no sum is available to be applied in payment of it under section 14, be paid by the prosecution or, in a case where proceedings for a drug trafficking offence are not instituted, by the person on whose application the receiver was appointed.