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UK Law Reference
All sections of Criminal Finances Act 2017
2017 c. 22, s.40

Section 40 — Forfeiture of money held in bank and building society accounts

This version in force from 2018-01-31

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Amendments made after 2026-08-24 may not be reflected — always check the official text .

Schedule 4 contains amendments to the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 which enable the forfeiture of money held in a bank or building society account which—

(a) is intended to be used for the purposes of terrorism,

(b) consists of resources of a proscribed organisation, or

(c) is, or represents, property obtained through terrorism.