Part Three
SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS

Chapter XXII
PROCEEDINGS FOR CONFISCATION OF PROCEEDS FROM CRIME

Applicable Provisions of the Code
Article 537

The provisions of Articles 538 through 543 of this Code shall apply in the proceedings for the confiscation of proceeds from crime, and unless these provisions specify something special, the other provisions of this Code shall apply mutatis mutandis.

Duty to Determine the Proceeds from Crime
Article 538

The proceeds from crime are determined in criminal proceedings ex officio.

The authority conducting proceedings is required to collect evidence and examine circumstances of importance for determining the proceeds from crime during the proceedings.

If an injured party has submitted a restitution claim whose subject matter excludes the confiscation of proceeds from crime, the proceeds from crime shall be determined only in the part which is not encompassed by the restitution claim.

Confiscating Proceeds from Crime from Other Persons
Article 539

When the confiscation of proceeds from crime from other persons may be considered, the person to whom proceeds from crime were transferred free of charge or with compensation obviously not commensurate with the true value, or a representative of a legal person, shall be summoned for questioning in the preliminary proceedings and at the trial. This person shall be cautioned in the summons that the proceedings shall be conducted even in his absence.

The representative of a legal person shall be examined at the trial after the defendant. The same procedure shall apply to the other person referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, unless he has been summoned as a witness.

The person referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, i.e. the representative of a legal person, is authorised to propose evidence in connection with the determination of the proceeds from crime, and to examine the defendant, witness, expert witness and professional consultant with the permission of the panel president.

The exclusion of the public from the trial does not relate to the person referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, i.e. the representative of a legal person.

If the court determines only during the trial that proceeds of crime may be confiscated, it shall adjourn the trial and summon the person referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, i.e. the representative of a legal person.

Temporary Measures for Securing Claims
Article 540

When proceeds from crime may be confiscated, the court shall order temporary measures of securing claims, acting ex officio, according to the provisions of the law which regulates the proceedings of enforcement and securing claims. In this case, the provisions of Article 257 paragraphs 2 to 4 of this Code shall apply mutatis mutandis.

Decision of the Confiscation of Proceeds from Crime
Article 541

The court may impose the confiscation of proceeds from crime in the judgment of conviction or in a ruling on the imposition of the security measure of compulsory psychiatric treatment.

The court shall evaluate the proceeds from crime at its discretion, if its determination would cause disproportionate difficulties or considerably delay the proceedings.

The court shall specify in the summary judgment or ruling which object or amount of money is being confiscated.

A certified copy of the judgment, or ruling, is also delivered to the person referred to in Article 539 paragraph 1 of this Code, as well as the representative of a legal person, if the court has imposed the confiscation of proceeds from crime from that person, or legal person.

Analogous Application of Provisions on the Appeal against a First Instance Judgment
Article 542

The provisions of Article 434 paragraphs 4 and 5, Article 444 and Article 449 of this Code shall apply mutatis mutandis in respect of an appeal against a decision on the confiscation of proceeds from crime.

Motion to Reopen Criminal Proceedings
Article 543

A physical person or a representative of a legal person (Article 539 paragraph 1) may submit a motion for the reopening of criminal proceedings in respect of the decision on the confiscation of proceeds from crime.