Part of Proceeds of Crime Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 11:15 am ar 22 Tachwedd 2001.
Amendment made: No. 37, in page
7, line 6, at end insert-
`(2A) For the purposes of this section no amount is required to be paid under a confiscation order if-
(a) an application has been made under section 12(4),
(b) the application has not been determined by the court, and
(c) the period of 12 months starting with the day on which the confiscation order was made has not ended.'-[Mr. Foulkes.]
Question proposed, That the clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill.
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A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.
Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.
During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.
When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.
