Serious Fraud Office Act 1990

General provisions relating to warrants and exercise of powers under Parts 1 and 2 - General provisions relating to warrants

13: Return of documents

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"Giving back documents taken for a fraud investigation"

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When a warrant is issued under the Serious Fraud Office Act 1990, you might need to remove documents from a place. If you do, you must return the documents or a copy of them to the person who had them before, as soon as you can. This helps get the documents back to the right person quickly.

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12: Effect of warrant, or

"What happens when a search warrant is issued"

14: Disclosure of previous applications, or

"Tell us about other similar applications made in the last 28 days"

Part 3General provisions relating to warrants and exercise of powers under Parts 1 and 2
General provisions relating to warrants

13Return of documents

Any person who, in executing any warrant issued under this Act, removes any document from the place specified in the warrant, shall return the document or a copy of that document as soon as practicable to the person who previously had the document in his or her possession or under his or her control.