Search warrants in relation to tainted property or terrorist property

(1) Where a police officer or an authorized officer of the Financial Intelligence Unit has reasonable grounds for suspecting that there is, or may be within the next 72 hours, tainted property or terrorist property of a particular kind– (a) on a person, including in the clothing worn by the person; (b) Repealed. (c) otherwise in a person’s immediate control; or (d) upon land or upon or in any premises, the police officer or the authorized officer may lay before a magistrate an information setting out those grounds and apply for the issue of a warrant to search the person, the land or the premises as the case may be, for property of that kind. (2) Where an application is made under sub-section (1) for a warrant to search a person, land or premises, the magistrate may, subject to sub-section (4), issue a warrant authorizing a police officer or the authorized officer, whether or not named in the warrant, with such assistance and by such force as is necessary and reasonable– (a) to search the person specified in the application for the warrant; (b) to enter upon the land or in or upon any premises and to search the land or premises specified in the application for the warrant; and (c) to seize and return property found in the course of the search that the police officer or the authorized officer believes on reasonable grounds to be property of that kind specified in the application for the warrant. (3) A magistrate shall not issue a warrant under sub-section (2) unless the magistrate is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe that tainted property or terrorist property are on or within the control of the person, on the land or in the premises specified in the application for the warrant. (4) A warrant issued under this section shall state– (a) the purpose for which it is issued including, in respect of tainted property, a reference to the nature of the relevant offence; (b) a description of the kind of property authorised to be seized; (c) a time at which the warrant ceases to be in force; and (d) whether entry is authorised to be made at any time of the day or night or during specified hours. 92[CAP. 104 Money Laundering and Terrorism (Prevention) (5) If during the course of searching under a warrant issued under this section, a police officer or the authorized officer finds– (a) property that the police officer or the authorized officer believes on reasonable grounds to be tainted property or terrorist property of a type not specified in the warrant, or tainted property in relation to another serious offence; or (b) anything the police officer or the authorized officer believes on reasonable grounds will afford evidence as to the commission of another offence, the police officer or the authorized officer may seize that property or thing and the warrant shall be deemed to authorise such seizure.