New Zealand Legislation: Acts

22 Request to issue warrant or order in foreign country

• (1) The Attorney-General may, if a criminal matter has arisen in New Zealand in respect of any of the things referred to in subsection (2), request a foreign country to issue a warrant or order similar to the following warrants or orders made under the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009 in that country:

  • (a) a restraining order:

  • (b) a search warrant of the kind issued under section 101, 102, or 110 of that Act:

  • (c) a production order:

  • (d) an examination order.

  (2) The things referred to in subsection (1) are—

  • (a) tainted property (as defined in relation to Part 2); or

  • (b) property of a person who has unlawfully benefited from significant criminal activity; or

  • (c) an instrument of crime (as defined in relation to Part 2).

  Section 22: substituted, on 1 December 2009, by section 8 of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 9).