Section 32: Nature of proceedings under sections 19 and 29, etc
This section provides that proceedings under sections 19 or 29 in respect of the making of a prohibition order on conviction or the variation on conviction of a prohibition order or premises order are civil proceedings to which the civil standard of proof applies (subsections (1) and (2)). The court can consider evidence which was not admissible in the criminal proceedings. This could include hearsay or bad character evidence (subsection (3)). It is open to the court to adjourn proceedings in respect of the making or variation of a prohibition order or the variation of a premises order, for example, if it was necessary to hear further evidence at a later date about the appropriate prohibitions, restrictions or requirements to attach to a prohibition order. Accordingly it would be possible to consider the making of a prohibition order, or the variation of a prohibition order or premises order, after the offender has been sentenced for an offence under sections 4 to 8 (subsection (4)).
	Subsection 5 provides for Acts of Adjournal to be made in relation to certain proceedings under sections 19 and 29, section 28 (the variation and discharge of a prohibition order made under section 19 on application) , section 30(5) (appeal against a prohibition order made under clause 19), section 31(1) (appeal against a decision made under section 28 in relation to a prohibition order made under section 19) and section 31(7) (appeal against a decision made under section 29 to vary a premises or prohibition order following a conviction).