Section 159Part 6 — Forfeiture of Cash and Property
Further provisions: civil recovery
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An application for a search and seizure warrant sought for the purposes of civil recovery investi gations may be made ex parte to a judge in chambers and such warrant may be issued subject to conditions.
A warrant —
shall continue in force until the end of the period of one month starting with the day on which it is issued; and
authorises t he person it names to require any information which is held in a computer and is accessible from the premises specified in the application for the warrant, and which the named person believes relates to any matter relevant to the investigation, to be produ ced in a form in which it can be taken away and in which it is visible and legible.
Where the Commissioner of Police gives written authority for a constable to accompany the person a warrant names when executing it and a warrant is issued the authorise d officers have the same powers under the warrant as the named person.
A warrant may include provision authorising a person who is exercising powers under it to do other things which are not specified in the warrant, and need to be done in order to giv e effect to it.
Copies may be taken of any material seized under a warrant.
Material seized under a warrant may be retained in its original form for so long as it is necessary to retain it in connection with the investigation for the purposes of wh ich the warrant was issued.
Notwithstanding subsection (6), if the Commissioner of Police has reasonable grounds for believing that the material seized may have to be produced for the purposes of any legal proceedings, and the material might otherwise be unavailable for those purposes, it may be retained until the proceedings are concluded. Disclosure orders