Section 216E — Crimes Act 1961: Forfeiture

216E Forfeiture Where any person is convicted of a crime against section 216B or section 216D of this Act in respect of any interception devices the sole or principal purpose of which is the surreptitious interception of private communications, the Court may, as part of the sentence, order that the interception devices shall be forfeited; and, in such a case, the interception devices shall thereupon become forfeited to the Crown accordingly, and may be disposed of in such manner as the Commissioner of Police directs. Part 9A (comprising sections 216A to 216E) was inserted, as from 6 August 1979, by section 2 Crimes Amendment Act 1979 (1979 No 5). Section 216E was amended, as from 1 October 2003, by section 13 Crimes Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 39) by substituting the words “ interception devices ” for the words “ listening device ” wherever they appear.