8.—(1) Without prejudice to section 28, for the purposes of this Act —
(a)
the benefits derived by any person from criminal conduct, shall be any property or interest therein (including income accruing from such property or interest) held by the person at any time, whether before or after 13th September 1999, being property or interest therein disproportionate to his known sources of income, and the holding of which cannot be explained to the satisfaction of the court; and
(b)
the value of the benefits derived by him from criminal conduct, shall be the aggregate of the values of the properties and interests therein referred to in paragraph (a).
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(2) For the purpose of assessing the value of the benefits derived by the defendant from criminal conduct, in a case where a confiscation order or an order made under section 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act (Cap. 241) has previously been made against him, the court shall leave out of account any such benefits derived from drug trafficking or criminal conduct, as the case may be, that are shown to the court to have been taken into account in determining the amount to be recovered under that order.