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Criminal Property Forfeiture Act 2002
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18 Orders for examination
(1) The court that is hearing an application under section 17 may order
a person to submit to an examination about any or all of the
following:
(a) the nature, location and source of property that is subject to a
restraining order;
(b) the nature, location and source of property that is not
restrained but is suspected on reasonable grounds of being
liable to forfeiture under this Act;
(c) the wealth, liabilities, income and expenditure of a declared
drug trafficker or a person who has been charged with an
offence and who could, if convicted of the offence, be declared
to be a drug trafficker;
(d) the wealth, liabilities, income and expenditure of a person who
has been convicted of a forfeiture offence;
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(e) the wealth, liabilities, income and expenditure of a person who
is suspected on reasonable grounds of being involved in or of
having been involved in the commission of a forfeiture offence;
(f) the wealth, liabilities, income and expenditure of a person who
has, or is suspected on reasonable grounds of having,
unexplained wealth;
(g) the nature, location and source of any property-tracking
documents.
(2) An examination order may do any or all of the following:
(a) require the person to give to the court any documents
person's possession or control about the property described in
the order;
(b) require the person to give to the court any documents
person's possession or control about the person's wealth,
liabilities, expenditure or income;
(c) require the person to give to the court any documents
person's possession or control about another person's wealth,
liabilities, expenditure or income;
(d) require the person to give to the court any information in the
person's possession or control that could help to locate,
identify or quantify any property or property-tracking
documents mentioned in subsection (1) or other documents or
information about the matters mentioned in that subsection;
(e) require the person to give any required information by affidavit
or require the person to attend the court for examination, or
both;
(f) give any directions or make any ancillary orders that are
necessary or convenient for giving effect to the examination
order or for ensuring that the person to whom the order is
directed complies with the order.