28 Seized money

Miscellaneous provisions relating to Scotland

28  Seized money

After section 131 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 insert—

“Seized money
131ZA Seized money

(1)     This section applies to money which—

(a)     is held by a person, and

(b)     is held in an account maintained by the person with a bank or building society.

(2)     This section also applies to money which is held by a person and which—

(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)     But this section applies to money only so far as the money is free property.

(4)     Subsection (5) applies if—

(a)     a confiscation order is made against a person holding money to which this section applies, and

(b)     an administrator

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