After section 5 of the Principal Act , the following section is inserted in Part 1:

5A.     Person may be dealt with as if convicted in certain circumstances

For the purposes of this Act, an authorized officer or appropriate court may deal with a person under this Act as if the person has been convicted of a serious offence if the person –

(a) has been convicted of an offence in respect of the same events that were the basis of another person being convicted of a serious offence; and

(b) derived literary proceeds in respect of either offence.