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Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1992

Requests by New Zealand - Request to enforce orders under Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009

21: Request to enforce orders under Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009

You could also call this:

"Asking another country to help enforce New Zealand laws about taking criminal property"

Illustration for Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1992

You can ask a foreign country to help enforce certain orders. The Attorney-General can make this request if they think some property is in that country. They can ask for help with orders like assets forfeiture, profit forfeiture, instrument forfeiture, or restraining orders.

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Part 2Requests by New Zealand
Request to enforce orders under Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009

21Request to enforce orders under Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009

  1. The Attorney-General may, if the circumstances in subsection (2) exist, request a foreign country to make arrangements to enforce any of the following in that country:

  2. an assets forfeiture order:
    1. a profit forfeiture order:
      1. an instrument forfeiture order:
        1. a restraining order.

          1. The circumstances are that the Attorney-General has reasonable grounds to believe that some or all of the property to which the order relates is located in the foreign country.

          Notes
          • Section 21: substituted, on , by section 8 of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 9).