[303L Further detention of seized property]
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (2002 c 29) | Legislation

[303L  Further detention of seized property]

[(1)     The period for which property seized under section 303J, or any part of that property, may be detained may be extended by an order made—

(a)     in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, by a magistrates' court;

(b)     in Scotland, by the sheriff.

(2)     An order under subsection (1) may not authorise the detention of any property—

(a)     beyond the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the date of the order, and

(b)     in the case of any further order under this section, beyond the end of the period of 2 years beginning with the date of the first order.

(3)     A justice of the peace may also exercise the power of a magistrates' court to make the first order under subsection (1) extending a particular period of detention.

(4)     An application for an order under subsection (1) may be made—

(a)     in relation to England and Wales and Northern Ireland,

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