Fiches Belges

Confiscation of Property (1) Confiscation of property is the compulsory alienation to State ownership without compensation of the property owned by a convicted person. Confiscation of property may be specified as an additional punishment. Property owned by a convicted person, which he or she has transferred to another natural or legal person, may also be confiscated. (2) Confiscation of property may be specified only in the cases provided for in the Special Part of this Law. (3) A court, in determining confiscation of property, shall specifically indicate which property is to be confiscated. A court, in determining confiscation of property for a criminal offence against traffic safety, shall relate it to the vehicle. (4) The indispensable property of the convicted person or of his or her dependants, which may not be confiscated, is that specified by law.

Section 42 of the Criminal Law. Section 75 of the Criminal Procedure Law.

The Ministry of Justice - during the trial. Brivibas blvd 36, Riga, LV - 1536, Latvia Fax: +371 67210823 Tel.: +371 67036720; +371 67036721; +371 67036825; Requests are recognised and executed by the competent courts of Latvia.

All certificates should be send in Latvian language.

For FD 2006/783/JHA: Having received a request of a foreign state regarding the execution of a punishment imposed therein, the Ministry of Justice shall, within 10 days, but if the amount of materials is particularly large within 30 days, verify whether all the necessary materials have been received.A judge of a district (city) court shall, within 30 days, examine a request of a foreign state regarding the execution of a punishment imposed in the foreign state in a written procedure and, after evaluating the conditions and reasons for refusal, take one of the following decisions: 1) on consent to recognise the judgment and execute the punishment imposed in the foreign state; 2) on refusal to recognise the judgment and execute the punishment imposed in the foreign state. For Regulation 2018/1805 - as it stated in the Regulation.

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