Singapore legislation
Section 11
Section 11
Application for warrant for seizure and order for restraint of property
(1)
A Judge may, on an ex parte application by the Public Prosecutor, after examining the application in private and if satisfied that there is in any building, receptacle or place any property in respect of which an order of forfeiture may be made under section 24, issue —
if the property is situated in Singapore, a warrant authorising any police officer, or person named in the warrant —
to search the building, receptacle or place for that property; and
to seize that property and any other property which that police officer or person believes, on reasonable grounds, that an order of forfeiture may be made under section 24; or
whether the property is situated in or outside Singapore, a restraint order prohibiting any person from disposing of, or otherwise dealing with any interest in, that property, other than as may be specified in the order.
(2)
For the purpose of subsection (1)(b), dealing with any interest in any property held by any person includes (without limiting the expression) —
where a debt is owed to that person, making a payment to any person in reduction of the amount of the debt; and
removing the property from Singapore.
(3)
A restraint order issued under subsection (1)(b) may be subject to any conditions that the Judge thinks fit.
(4)
A copy of a restraint order issued under subsection (1)(b) must be served on the person to whom the order is addressed in such manner as the Judge directs or as provided in the Rules of Court.