Section 314: Obtaining and disposing of property

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 · 2002 c. 29View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 5: Civil recovery of the proceeds etc. of unlawful conduct — Chapter 4: General

References to a person disposing of his property include a reference—

to his disposing of a part of it, or
to his granting an interest in it,

(or to both); and references to the property disposed of are to any property obtained on the disposal.

A person who makes a payment to another is to be treated as making a disposal of his property to the other, whatever form the payment takes.

Where a person's property passes to another under a will or intestacy or by operation of law, it is to be treated as disposed of by him to the other.

A person is only to be treated as having obtained his property for value in a case where he gave unexecuted consideration if the consideration has become executed consideration.

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