Section 739 — Criminal Code: Restitution to persons acting in good faith
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Where an offender is convicted or discharged under section 730 of an offence and any property obtained as a result of the commission of the offence has been conveyed or transferred for valuable consideration to a person acting in good faith and without notice, or the offender has borrowed money on the security of that property from a person acting in good faith and without notice, the court may, where that property has been returned to the lawful owner or the person who had lawful possession of that property at the time the offence was committed, order the offender to pay as restitution to the person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) an amount not exceeding the amount of consideration for that property or the total amount outstanding in respect of the loan, as the case may be.
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