Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1992

Miscellaneous provisions

23 Restriction on use of evidence

  • Any evidence, information, document, or article that is obtained, provided, or produced pursuant to a request made under this Part shall be used by a New Zealand authority only for the purposes of, or in connection with, the criminal matter to which the request relates, unless—

    • (a) the foreign country to which the request was made; and

    • (b) in the case of any evidence, information, document, or article obtained from, or provided or produced by, a person while he or she is in New Zealand pursuant to a request made under section 12, that person—

    consents to the use of the evidence, information, document, or article for any other purpose.