''TITLE ONE, CHAPTER I: Human Rights and Guarantees, Article 22''
Appropriation of assets shall not be considered as confiscation when such
appropriation is ordered by the authority for the payment of taxes, fines or civil
liability. Appropriation in the following cases shall not be deemed as confiscation: a)
appropriation of property ordered by the judicial authority under the terms provided
by Article 109 in case of illicit enrichment; b) appropriation of seized goods that were
abandoned by the owner; and c) appropriation of goods, which ownership has been
declared extinct by a sentence. In the event of ownership extinction, there shall be a
procedure according to the following regulations:
1. States Parties shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Part and under procedures of national law, comply with requests by the Court to provide the following assistance in relation to investigations or prosecutions:
(k) The identification, tracing and freezing or seizure of proceeds, property and assets and instrumentalities of crimes for the purpose of eventual forfeiture, without prejudice to the rights of bona fide third parties; and