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Proceeds of Crime Act 1987
70Powers to search for, and seize, documents relevant to locating etc. property
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#### 70 Powers to search for, and seize, documents relevant to locating etc. property
(1) A police officer may:
(a) enter upon land, or upon or into premises;
(b) search the land or premises for any property‑tracking document in relation to an indictable offence; and
(c) seize any document found in the course of the search that the police officer believes, on reasonable grounds, to be a property‑tracking document in relation to an indictable offence;
but only if the entry, search or seizure, as the case may be, is made:
(d) with the consent of the occupier of the land or premises; or
(e) under a warrant issued under section 71.
(2) A police officer is not empowered to do anything under this section after the commencement of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 unless it is done under a search warrant issued under section 71 of this Act for which an application was made under that section before that commencement.