On February 14, 2018, I granted an ex parte interim preservation order (the “February 2018 IPO”) with respect to the “Properties” and “Bank Funds” held by the defendants: see Director of Civil Forfeiture v. PacNet Services Ltd., 2018 BCSC 387 (the “IPO Reasons”). The February 2018 IPO was granted under s. 9 of the Civil Forfeiture Act, S.B.C. 2005, c. 29 (the “Act”) and has been extended a number of times. An order under s. 9 may not be made for a time period of greater than 60 days. As of this date, the defendants have not applied to set aside the February 2018 IPO and the Director has not applied for a continuing IPO for this order under s. 8 of the Act.
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