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Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1992

Preliminary provisions

4: Object of Act

You could also call this:

"Helping New Zealand get help from other countries to solve crimes"

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The purpose of this Act is to help New Zealand get assistance from other countries in criminal matters. You will see it helps with things like finding people, getting evidence, and serving documents. It also helps with searching and seizing things, and getting back property that was gained from crime.

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Part 1Preliminary provisions

4Object of Act

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

  2. the identification and location of persons:
    1. the obtaining of evidence, documents, or other articles:
      1. the production of documents and other articles:
        1. the making of arrangements for persons to give evidence or assist investigations:
          1. the service of documents:
            1. the execution of requests for search and seizure:
              1. the forfeiture of—
                1. tainted property; and
                  1. property of persons who have unlawfully benefited from significant criminal activity or significant foreign criminal activity; and
                    1. instruments of crime; and
                      1. property that will satisfy all or part of a foreign pecuniary penalty order:
                      2. the location of property that may be forfeited:
                        1. the recovery of property to satisfy foreign pecuniary penalty orders:
                          1. the restraining of dealings with property, or the freezing of assets, that may be forfeited.

                            Notes
                            • Section 4(g): substituted, on , by section 7 of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 9).
                            • Section 4(h): substituted, on , by section 7 of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 9).
                            • Section 4(i): substituted, on , by section 7 of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 9).
                            • Section 4(j): substituted, on , by section 7 of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 9).