Australia

International Criminal Court Act (2002), No. 41, 2002

An Act to facilitate compliance by Australia with obligations under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and for related purposes

Part 4 Other requests by ICC

Division 14—Identification, tracing, and freezing or seizure, of proceeds of crimes within the jurisdiction of the ICC

Subdivision F—Search warrants relating to proceeds of crime and property-tracking documents

97 Requests for search warrants

(1) If:

the request from the ICC referred to in section 81 involves the issue of a search warrant relating to the proceeds of the crime within the jurisdiction of the ICC or a property-tracking document; and

the Attorney-General is satisfied that:

the request relates to an investigation being conducted by the Prosecutor or a proceeding before the ICC; and

proceeds of the crime, or a property-tracking document in relation to the crime, is reasonably suspected of being located in Australia;

the Attorney-General may authorise an authorised officer of an enforcement agency to apply to a magistrate of a specified State or Territory for a search warrant under the Proceeds of Crime Act in relation to the proceeds or document.

Keywords

Search and seizure - authority - ICC proceedings
Seizure of assets - authority - ICC proceedings



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