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Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1992

Requests by New Zealand - Requests to issue warrants and orders similar to those under Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009

22: Request to issue warrant or order in foreign country

You could also call this:

"Asking another country for help with a New Zealand crime"

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The Attorney-General can ask a foreign country to issue a warrant or order if a criminal matter happens in New Zealand. You might be wondering what kind of warrants or orders they can ask for. They can ask for things like a restraining order, a search warrant, a production order, or an examination order, which are similar to those made under the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009. The Attorney-General can make this request if it involves tainted property, property of someone who got benefits from significant criminal activity, or an instrument of crime. These requests can be made to help with criminal matters in New Zealand. The Attorney-General has the power to make these requests to foreign countries. The request can be for a warrant or order that is similar to one issued under the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009, such as a search warrant issued under section 101, 102, or 110 of that Act.

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Part 2Requests by New Zealand
Requests to issue warrants and orders similar to those under Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009

22Request 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:

  2. a restraining order:
    1. a search warrant of the kind issued under section 101, 102, or 110 of that Act:
      1. a production order:
        1. an examination order.

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

          2. tainted property (as defined in relation to Part 2); or
            1. property of a person who has unlawfully benefited from significant criminal activity; or
              1. an instrument of crime (as defined in relation to Part 2).

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