CONFISCATION ACT 1997 - SECT 40M Notice to person suspected of engaging in serious criminal activity

CONFISCATION ACT 1997 - SECT 40M

    (1)     If an unexplained wealth restraining order is made under section 40I(1) on the basis that a person is suspected of having engaged in serious criminal activity, a police officer may give a notice to the person requiring the person to give to the police officer a written declaration of the person's property interests.

    (2)     A notice under subsection (1) must—

        (a)     be in the prescribed form; and

        (b)     state the effect of section 40O.

    (3)     If a person suspected of having engaged in serious criminal activity is also a person to whom a notice under section 40K must be given—

        (a)     a notice under subsection (1) may be given in place of the notice under section 40K; and

        (b)     the giving of a notice to the person under section 40K does not preclude the giving of a notice to the person under subsection (1) at a later date.

S. 40N inserted by No. 79/2014 s. 16.