1Assets confiscated by court decision according to this law shall be assigned to the ownership of the state.
2A final decision for the confiscation of assets is sent immediately to the Agency of Administration of Sequestered and Confiscated Assets.
3"When a decision of confiscation becomes final, the assets shall be assigned to the ownership of the state in a non-returnable manner. (Second sentence of the point 3 repealed by Law no.70/2017, article 31). "
4Where the final decision having determined the confiscation is quashed by the higher court and the assets have been returned to the previous possessor by final decision, the latter shall be entitled to ask for compensation under the legislation in force.