(1) Subject to this section, where the Director of Public Prosecutions applies to the Court for a confiscation order against a person in respect of that person's conviction of a criminal conduct the Court shall, if it is satisfied that the person has benefited from that offence order him or her to pay to the Crown an amount equal to the value of his or her benefits from the offence or such lesser amount as the Court certifies in accordance with section 20 to be the amount that might be realised at the time the confiscation order is made. (Amended by Act 4 of 2010)
(2) The Court shall assess the value of the benefits derived by a person from the commission of an offence in accordance with sections 18 to 21.
(3) The Court shall not make a confiscation order under this section—
(a) until the period allowed by the rules of court for the lodging of an appeal against conviction has expired without such an appeal having been lodged; or
(b) where an appeal against convictions has been lodged, until the appeal lapses in accordance with the rules of court or is finally determined, whichever is the later date.