Singapore legislation

Clause 34

of Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Bill

Clause 34

Search warrants

(1)

On an application referred to in section 33, the court may issue a warrant authorising an authorised officer to enter and search the specified premises if the court is satisfied that —

(a)

an order made under section 22 in relation to any thing on the premises has not been complied with; or

(b)

the conditions in subsection (2) are fulfilled.

(2)

The conditions referred to in subsection (1)(b) are that —

(a)

there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that a specified person has carried on or has benefited from a foreign offence;

(b)

there are reasonable grounds for believing that the thing to which the application relates —

(i)

is likely to be of substantial value (whether by itself or together with another thing) to the criminal matter in respect of which the application is made; and

(ii)

does not consist of or include items subject to legal privilege; or

(c)

the court is satisfied that it is not contrary to the public interest for the warrant to be issued.

(3)

A warrant issued under this section shall be subject to such conditions as the court may specify in the warrant.

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