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Confiscation Act 1997
40MNotice to person suspected of engaging in serious criminal activity
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40M Notice to person suspected of engaging in serious criminal activity
(1) If an unexplained wealth restraining order is made under section 40I(1) on the basis that a person is suspected of having engaged in serious criminal activity, a police officer may give a notice to the person requiring the person to give to the police officer a written declaration of the person's property interests.
(b) state the effect of section 40O.
(3) If a person suspected of having engaged in serious criminal activity is also a person to whom a notice under section 40K must be given—
(a) a notice under subsection (1) may be given in place of the notice under section 40K; and
(b) the giving of a notice to the person under section 40K does not preclude the giving of a notice to the person under subsection (1) at a later date.
S. 40N inserted by No. 79/2014 s. 16.