Trustees Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Transparency and Effective Control
84J. Power to seize property, etc., in certain circumstances
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The Commissioner may seize any property —
property
“property” includes movable and immovable property, and any estate, share and interest in any property, movable or immovable, and any debt, and any thing in action, and any other right or interest, whether in possession or not;
in respect of which a contravention of this Part is suspected to have been committed;
that is suspected to have been used or intended to be used in a contravention of this Part; or
that is suspected to constitute evidence of a contravention of this Part.
Subsection (1) does not apply to any property held or suspected to be held in an account or a safe deposit box in a financial institution.
The occupier or person in charge of a place from which property is to be seized under subsection (1), or a representative of the occupier or person in charge, may attend during the seizure.
The Commissioner must prepare and sign a list of any property seized under subsection (1), recording the location from which each item of property is seized.
A signed copy of the list must be given to the occupier or person in charge of the place from which property was seized, or a representative of the occupier or person in charge.
Instead of seizing any property under subsection (1), the Commissioner may, by written order —
prohibit any person from dealing with the property; and
require any person to affix the order or a copy of the order on or near the property.