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Part IIA. Measures 
Chapter One. Withdrawal from Circulation, Special Confiscation of Unlawfully Obtained Gains 
and Compensation 
Section 36a 
All costs for the enforcement of the measures referred to in this Chapter - with the exception of the 
costs for recovery, including the collection costs - shall be for the account of the State, and all 
proceeds of such enforcement shall go to the State, with the exception of the sums paid through 
enforcement of the order as referred to in section 36f. 
Section 36b 
1.  The withdrawal of seized objects from circulation may be ordered:  
1°.  by a judgment whereby a person is convicted of a criminal offence;  
2°.  by a judgment whereby it is decided, in accordance with section 9a, that no punishment is to be 
imposed; 
3°.  by a judgment whereby, acquittal or dismissal of the criminal charge(s) notwithstanding, it is 
established that a criminal offence has been committed; 
4°.  by a separate decision given in chambers, on application of the Public Prosecution Service; 
5°.  by a punishment order. 
 
2.   Sections 33b and 33c(2) and (3) and section 446 of the Code of Criminal Procedure shall apply 
mutatis mutandis. 
3.  The measure may be imposed in conjunction with punishments and other measures. 
Section 36c 
All of the following objects shall be liable to withdrawal from circulation:  
1°.  objects obtained entirely or largely by means of or from the proceeds of the criminal offence;  
2°.  objects in relation to which the offence was committed; 
3°.  objects used for the commission or preparation of the offence; 
4°.  objects used for the obstruction of an investigation into the serious offence; 
5°.  objects manufactured or intended for the commission of the serious offence;  
 
insofar as these objects are of such nature that their uncontrolled possession is in violation of the law 
or contrary to the public interest. 
 
Section 36d 
The following shall also be liable to withdrawal from circulation: those objects belonging to the offender 
or the defendant which are of such nature that their uncontrolled possession is in violation of the law or 
contrary to the public interest, and which have been found in the course of the investigation of the 

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offence committed by him, or of the offence of which he is suspected, but only if these objects may be 
used for the commission or preparation of similar offences or for the obstruction of their investigation.