Civil forfeiture laws are controversial as they use more relaxed rules of civil evidence and procedure to deprive individuals of property associated with crime, even if there is no criminal conviction. "Civil Forfeiture for Hong Kong?" is a discussion paper that reviews the existing legal regime ...
specific rules of procedure must be established, such as, for instance, rejection of filings once ten or fifteen years have elapsed following possession or holding, prior analysis of the history of the ownership of the assets through forensic examination, and a preliminary hearing with the defendant...