[131ZA Seized money]
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (2002 c 29) | Legislation

[Seized money]

[131ZA  Seized money]

[(1)     This section applies to money which—

(a)     is held by a person, and

(b)     is held in an account maintained by the person with a bank or building society.

(2)     This section also applies to money which is held by a person and which—

(a)     has been seized under a relevant seizure power by a constable or another person lawfully exercising the power, and

(b)     is being detained in connection with a criminal investigation or prosecution or with an investigation of a kind mentioned in section 341.

(3)     But this section applies to money only so far as the money is free property.

(4)     Subsection (5) applies if—

(a)     a confiscation order is made against a person holding money to which this section applies, and

(b)     an administrator has not been appointed under

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