Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1992 No 86 (as at 17 August 2011), Public Act

4 Object of Act
  • The object of this Act is to facilitate the provision and obtaining, by New Zealand, of international assistance in criminal matters, including—

    • (a) the identification and location of persons:

    • (b) the obtaining of evidence, documents, or other articles:

    • (c) the production of documents and other articles:

    • (d) the making of arrangements for persons to give evidence or assist investigations:

    • (e) the service of documents:

    • (f) the execution of requests for search and seizure:

    • (g) the forfeiture of—

      • (i) tainted property; and

      • (ii) property of persons who have unlawfully benefited from significant criminal activity or significant foreign criminal activity; and

      • (iii) instruments of crime; and

      • (iv) property that will satisfy all or part of a foreign pecuniary penalty order:

    • (h) the location of property that may be forfeited:

    • (i) the recovery of property to satisfy foreign pecuniary penalty orders:

    • (j) the restraining of dealings with property, or the freezing of assets, that may be forfeited.

    Compare: Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987 s 5 (Aust)

    Section 4(g): substituted, on 1 December 2009, by section 7 of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 9).

    Section 4(h): substituted, on 1 December 2009, by section 7 of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 9).

    Section 4(i): substituted, on 1 December 2009, by section 7 of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 9).

    Section 4(j): substituted, on 1 December 2009, by section 7 of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 9).