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Confiscation of Criminal Assets Act 2003
29AUnexplained wealth restraining order—affidavit
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29A Unexplained wealth restraining order—affidavit
supporting application
section 26A for an unexplained wealth restraining order must state
that the police officer suspects that—
(a) a person’s total wealth exceeds the value of the person’s wealth
that was lawfully acquired; and
(b) the whole or any part of the person’s wealth was derived from
(2) Subsection (1) (b) does not require the police officer to specify in the
affidavit a particular offence for serious criminal activity, and it is
sufficient if the police officer suspects and the affidavit describes the
nature of the activity in general terms.
(3) The affidavit must state, for the property mentioned in the
(a) that the officer suspects that the property is either the property
of the person in relation to whom the order is sought or the
property of someone else; and
effective control of the person in relation to whom the
order is sought.
(4) The affidavit must state that the police officer believes that the
property sought to be restrained may be required to satisfy an
unexplained wealth order.
(5) The affidavit must state the grounds for each belief or suspicion of