Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CONFISCATION OF CRIMINAL ASSETS ACT 2003 (NO. 8 OF 2003) - SECT 204

    (1)     The issuing officer may complete and sign the same form of search warrant that would be issued under section 199 (Issuing search warrants) if satisfied that—

        (a)     a search warrant in the terms of the application should be issued urgently; or

        (b)     the delay that would happen if an application were made in person would frustrate the effective execution of the warrant.

    (2)     If the issuing officer issues the search warrant, the officer must tell the applicant, by telephone, fax or other electronic means, of the terms of the warrant and the date and time when it was signed.

    (3)     The applicant must then—

        (a)     complete a form of search warrant in terms substantially corresponding to those given by the issuing officer; and

        (b)     state on the form—

              (i)     the name of the issuing officer; and

              (ii)     the date and time the warrant was signed by the issuing officer.

    (4)     The applicant must, by the end of the day after the 1st of the relevant events happens, give the issuing officer—

        (a)     the form of search warrant completed by the applicant; and

        (b)     if the information was unsworn under section 203 (2) (b) (Applying for search warrants by telephone or other electronic means)—the sworn information.

    (5)     The issuing officer must attach the form of search warrant completed by the issuing officer to the documents given under subsection (4).

    (6)     In subsection (4):

"relevant event "means the day when—

        (a)     the warrant is executed; or

        (b)     the warrant expires.