Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CONFISCATION OF CRIMINAL ASSETS ACT 2003 (NO. 8 OF 2003) - SECT 163

    (1)     If a document is given to a police officer under a production order, the officer may—

        (a)     take possession of, and make copies of, or take extracts from, the document; and

        (b)     keep the document for the period necessary for this Act.

    (2)     If a police officer keeps a document given to the officer under a production order, the officer must, if asked by a person who would be entitled to inspect the document if it was not in the officer's possession—

        (a)     give the person a copy of the document certified by the officer in writing to be a true copy of the document; or

        (b)     at any reasonable time, allow the person to inspect the document, make copies of it or take extracts from it.

    (3)     If a document is made available to a police officer for inspection under a production order as varied under section 162, the officer may make copies of, or take extracts from, the document.

Note 1     For general provisions about a proceeding for an examination order (which is a confiscation proceeding—see s 236), see pt 14.

Note 2     In particular, no advance notice to anyone is required of the application for the order, and the application may be heard in closed court, without the person to whom the notice applies or the public being present, see s 243.