Section 82: Forfeiture of assets and conviction

(1)
A person convicted of an offence under the Act shall forfeit to the Federal Government-
(a)
all the assets and properties which are the subject of an Interim Attachment order of the court after an attachment by the Service as specified by the provisions of this Act ;
(b)
any assets or properties derived from any proceeds obtained directly or indirectly not already disclosed in the Assets Declaration Form specified in Form A of the Schedule to this Act, or not subject of an lnterim Attachment Order; and
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(c)
any property or instrumentalities used in any manner to commit or to facilitate the commission of such offence not already disclosed in the Assets Declaration Form or not subject of an Interim Attachment Order;
and the amount ofthese assets and properties shall be vested in the Federal Government and their proceeds shall be paid into the consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation from which they shall immediately be paid into the Objects of Smuggling of Migrants Trust Fund.
(2)
The court in imposing a sentence on any person under this Act shall, in addition to any other sentence imposed pursuant to this Act or any other relevant law; order that the person forfeits to the Federal Government all properties described in sub-section (1) of this Section and the proceeds accruing from such properties shall be paid into the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation from which they shall immediately be paid into the Objects of Smuggling of Migrants Trust Fund.
(3)
In this section, the term "proceeds" means any pioperty derived or obtained, directly or indirectly through the commission of an offence under this Act or any other relevant law, or any income accruing from such property.