Knoop NO and Others v National Director of Public Prosecutions (657/2022; 694/2022) [2023] ZASCA 141 (30 October 2023)

Prevention of Organised Crime Act 121 of 1998 (POCA) – asset forfeiture – preservation of property order – Companies Act 71 0f 2008 (Companies Act) – business rescue – preservation of property order granted after adoption of business rescue plan under Chapter 6 of the Companies Act – whether a preservation order under s 26 of POCA is appealable – whether this Court’s decisions in Phillips and Others v National Director of Public Prosecutions 2003 (6) SA 447 (SCA) and Singh v National Director of Public Prosecution 2007 (2) SACR 326 (SCA) are definitive on the issue of the appealability of a preservation order