# The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Investigations) (Scotland) Order 2015, Article 6: Production orders

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(1) The sheriff may, on an application made to the sheriff by the procurator fiscal, make a production order if the sheriff is satisfied that each of the requirements for the making of the order is fulfilled.
(2) The application for a production order must state that—
(a) article 3(2) is satisfied;
(b) the order is sought for the purposes of the external investigation;
(c) the order is sought in relation to material, or material of a description, specified in the application;
(d) a person specified in the application appears to be in possession or control of the material.
(3) A production order is an order either—
(a) requiring the person the application for the order specifies as appearing to be in possession or control of the material to produce it to a constable for the constable to take away; or
(b) requiring that person to give a constable access to the material,
within the period stated in the order.
(4) The period stated in a production order must be a period of seven days beginning with the day on which the order is made, unless it appears to the sheriff that a longer or shorter period would be appropriate in the particular circumstances.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/206/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-investigations-scotland-order-2015/article-6
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