16. The Attorney General administers property acquired by the State through civil forfeiture or administrative forfeiture and administers any amount received by the State as part of an allotment of the proceeds of the alienation of property forfeited outside Québec.
The Attorney General also administers property seized, restrained or forfeited under the provisions of the Criminal Code (R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46), the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (S.C. 1996, c. 19), the Cannabis Act (S.C. 2018, c. 16) or any other rule of law, in connection with suits or proceedings brought by the Attorney General, namely,(1) seized property entrusted to the Attorney General, at the Attorney General’s request, by the competent judicial authority or another person holding that property;
(2) property seized under section 462.32 of the Criminal Code;
(3) property that is the subject of a restraint order and entrusted to the Attorney General by the competent judicial authority, at the Attorney General’s request; and
(4) property forfeited to the State and fines corresponding to the value of that property.
2007, c. 34, s. 16; 2019, c. 212019, c. 21, s. 271; 2024, c. 72024, c. 7, s. 221.