47Execution of warrant to seize property

47 Execution of warrant to seize property

(1) Money or bank notes belonging to a person named or described in a warrant may be seized under a warrant to seize property issued for the enforcement of an order made by the Court in a criminal proceeding but need not be sold.

(2) Cheques, bills of exchange, promissory notes, bonds, specialties or securities for money belonging to the person named or described in the warrant may be seized under a warrant to seize property issued for the enforcement of an order made by the Court in a criminal proceeding and may be held as security for money due under an order or the unsatisfied part of an order.

(3) For the purposes of property held as security for money under paragraph (2), when payment becomes due, the person to whom the warrant is directed—

(a) may demand and receive payment of the money; and

(b) may sue in any proper court in the name of the defendant or in the name of any person in whose name the person named or described in the warrant might have sued for the recovery of the money secured or payable.