Section 18
of Drug Trafficking (Recovery of Proceeds) Act
Section 18
(1)
Where realisable property is held by a company and an order for the winding up of the company has been made or resolution has been made or a resolution has been passed by the company for the voluntary winding up, the functions of the liquidator (or any provisional liquidator) shall not be exercisable in relation to —
(a)
property for the time being subject to a restraint order made before the relevant time; and
(b)
any proceeds of property realised by virtue of subsection (7)
of section 11 or of subsections (6) or (7) of section 13.
(2)
Where, in the case of a company, such an order has been made or such a resolution has been passed, the powers conferred on the High Court by sections 11 to 14 or on a receiver so appointed shall not be exercised in relation to any realisable property held by the company in relation to which the functions of the liquidator are exercisable so as to —
(a)
inhibit him from exercising those functions for the purpose of distributing any property held by the company to the company's creditors; or
(b)
prevent the payment out of any property of expenses
(including the remuneration of the liquidator or any provisional liquidator) properly incurred in the winding up in respect of the property.
(3)
Nothing in the Companies Act (Chapter 39) shall be taken as restricting, or enabling the restriction of, the exercise of those powers.
(4)
Subsection (2) does not affect the enforcement of a charging order made before the relevant time or on property which was subject to a restraint order at the relevant time.
Drug Trafficking
(Recovery of Proceeds)
(5)
In this section —
“company” means any company which may be wound up under the Companies Act (Chapter 39); and
“relevant time” means —
(a)
where an order for the winding up of the company has been made, the time of the passing of the resolution for voluntary winding up;
(b)
where such an order has been made and, before the presentation of the petition for the winding up of the company by the court, such a resolution had been passed by the company, the time of the passing of the resolution; and
(c)
in any other case where such an order has been made, the time of the making of the order.
Compensation.