Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1992

Requests to New Zealand - Requests for search warrants and production orders - Certificate

50: Attorney-General to provide certificate as to search and seizure, or production

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"Attorney-General must give a certificate about search or production orders"

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If a search warrant or production order is issued, you can ask the Attorney-General for a certificate. The Attorney-General must give the certificate to the Central Authority of the foreign country that asked for it. The certificate is about what happened with the search or production order. When a search warrant is used, the certificate says what was found and what was taken. It also says where and how things were taken, and who is keeping them. If a production order is used, the certificate says what happened with the order. It also says who is keeping the documents that were produced. You can find more information about changes to this law in the Budapest Convention and Related Matters Legislation Amendment Act 2025.

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Part 3Requests to New Zealand
Requests for search warrants and production orders: Certificate

50Attorney-General to provide certificate as to search and seizure, or production

  1. If a search warrant or a production order is issued or made under this subpart, the Attorney-General must, at the request of the Central Authority of the foreign country concerned, provide a certificate to the Central Authority about the relevant matters.

  2. The relevant matters, for a search warrant, are—

  3. the result of any search conducted under the warrant; and
    1. if any thing was seized under the warrant,—
      1. the place at which the thing was seized; and
        1. the circumstances in which the thing was seized; and
          1. the custody of the thing.
          2. The relevant matters, for a production order, are—

          3. the result of the production order; and
            1. the custody of documents produced under the order.
              Notes
              • Section 50: replaced, on , by section 39 of the Budapest Convention and Related Matters Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 39).