# Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, Section 120A: Restraint orders: power to retain seized property etc.

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(1) A restraint order may include provision authorising the detention of any property to which it applies if the property—
(a) is seized by an appropriate officer under a relevant seizure power, or
(b) is produced to an appropriate officer in compliance with a production order under section 380.
(2) Provision under subsection (1) may, in particular—
(a) relate to specified property, to property of a specified description or to all property to which the restraint order applies;
(b) relate to property that has already been seized or produced or to property that may be seized or produced in future.
(3) “Appropriate officer” means—
(a) a constable;
(b) an officer of Revenue and Customs;
(ba) an immigration officer;
(c) a National Crime Agency officer;
(4) “Relevant seizure power” means a power to seize property conferred by or by virtue of—
(a) section 127C or 387,
(b) a warrant granted under any other enactment or any rule of law, or
(c) any other enactment, or any rule of law, under which the authority of a warrant is not required.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/29/section/120A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-120A
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