27 Seized money: Northern Ireland
Criminal Finances Act 2017 (2017 c 22) | Legislation

27  Seized money: Northern Ireland

(1)     Section 215 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 only so far as the money is free property.”

(4)

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