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CRIME (CONFISCATION OF PROFITS) ACT 1993 - SECT 40 Search warrants

CRIME (CONFISCATION OF PROFITS) ACT 1993 - SECT 40

Search warrants

(1)  A police officer may apply to a magistrate for a search warrant to be issued under this Part if the police officer has reasonable grounds for believing that there is on any premises tainted property of a particular kind.
(2)  A magistrate to whom an application is made under this section may, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for doing so, issue a search warrant authorizing a police officer –
(a) to enter premises; and
(b) to search those premises for tainted property of the particular kind referred to in subsection (1) ; and
(c) to seize any property found in the course of the search that the police officer believes, on reasonable grounds, to be tainted property of the kind specified in the warrant.
(3)  A search warrant issued under this Part is of no effect unless –
(a) it states the purpose for which the warrant has been issued, including a reference to the nature of the relevant serious offence; and
(b) it specifies whether entry is authorized to be made at any time of the day or night, or only during specified hours of the day or night; and
(c) it contains a description of the kind of property authorized to be seized under the warrant; and
(d) it specifies a date, being a date not later than one month after the day on which the warrant is issued, on which the warrant ceases to have effect.
(4)  Nothing is this Part limits any other statutory law relating to search warrants.
(5)  Schedule 1 has effect with respect to a search warrant issued under this Part.