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NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION ACT 2022 - SECT 128

Provisions of section 3T

Relevant things--indictable offences and corruption issues

  (1)   The Crimes Act 1914 has effect as if paragraph   3T(1)(a) of that Act were substituted with the following paragraph:

  "(a)   a thing relevant to an indictable offence, or to a corruption issue that the Commissioner is investigating, is in or on a conveyance; and"

Relevant things--other offences and corruption issues

  (2)   The Crimes Act 1914 has effect as if subsection   3T(3) of that Act were substituted with the following subsection:

  "(3)   If, in the course of searching for the thing, the constable or authorised officer finds another thing relevant to an offence, or to a corruption issue that the Commissioner is investigating, the constable or authorised officer may seize that thing if the constable or authorised officer suspects, on reasonable grounds, that:

  (a)   it is necessary to seize it in order to prevent its concealment, loss or destruction; and

  (b)   it is necessary to seize it without the authority of a search warrant because the circumstances are serious and urgent."



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