Tuesday, March 4, 2014

BC Speaker's Spending Spree $48,412: Active Administrative Forfeiture? Director?


Bills include $48,412 for a custom touch-screen computer terminal, $13,449 to convert half the legislature library into a MLA-only TV lounge and and $13,965 for new drapes at the legislature dining room.  Times Colonist

Now where did the Forfeiture Director leave the File on politicians spending....

Could the $ number values be criminally inflated
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Active Administrative Forfeiture Files

A list of Active Forfeiture Files including property type, unlawful activity, and seizing agency.Under the Civil Forfeiture Act, the director (Minister or delegate) may apply to the court for an order forfeiting to the government, (a) the whole of an interest in property that is proceeds of unlawful activity, or (b) the portion of an interest in property that is proceeds of unlawful activity. The director may also apply to the court for an order forfeiting to the government property that is an instrument of unlawful activity. Whether proceedings are initiated in court or administratively, they are not reliant on criminal charges or convictions arising from the alleged unlawful activity and apply only with respect to property or an interest in property located in British Columbia.


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