26 Seized money: England and Wales
Criminal Finances Act 2017 (2017 c 22) | Legislation

Chapter 5
Miscellaneous

Seized money: England and Wales and Northern Ireland

26  Seized money: England and Wales

(1)     Section 67 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (seized money) is amended as follows.

(2)     In subsection (2), for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—

“(a)     has been seized under a relevant seizure power by a constable or another person lawfully exercising the power, and

(b)     is being detained in connection with a criminal investigation or prosecution or with an investigation of a kind mentioned in section 341.”

(3)     After subsection (2) insert—

“(2A)     But this section applies to money

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