{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-294",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-294.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/29",
  "legislation_title": "Proceeds of Crime Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002",
  "path": "section/294",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "294",
  "heading": "Seizure of cash",
  "text": "(1) An officer of Revenue and Customs , a constable , an SFO officer or an accredited financial investigator may seize any cash if he has reasonable grounds for suspecting that it is—\n(a) recoverable property, or\n(b) intended by any person for use in unlawful conduct.\n(2) An officer of Revenue and Customs , a constable , an SFO officer or an accredited financial investigator may also seize cash part of which he has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be—\n(a) recoverable property, or\n(b) intended by any person for use in unlawful conduct,\nif it is not reasonably practicable to seize only that part.\n(2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) This section does not authorise the seizure of an amount of cash if it or, as the case may be, the part to which his suspicion relates, is less than the minimum amount.\n(4) This section does not authorise the seizure by an SFO officer or an accredited financial investigator of cash found in Scotland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 294(1)(2) substituted (17.7.2013) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 48 para. 6(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 294(1) substituted (6.4.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), s. 94(1), Sch. 11 para. 6(2); S.I. 2008/755, art. 17(1)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 294(1) inserted (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 31.1.2018 for E.W.S. in so far as not already in force, 28.6.2021 for N.I. in so far as not already in force) by Criminal Finances Act 2017 (c. 22), s. 58(1)(6), Sch. 1 para. 15(2); S.I. 2018/78, reg. 3(aa); S.I. 2021/724, reg. 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 294(2) substituted (6.4.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), s. 94(1), Sch. 11 para. 6(2); S.I. 2008/755, art. 17(1)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 294(2) inserted (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 31.1.2018 for E.W.S. in so far as not already in force, 28.6.2021 for N.I. in so far as not already in force) by Criminal Finances Act 2017 (c. 22), s. 58(1)(6), Sch. 1 para. 15(3); S.I. 2018/78, reg. 3(aa); S.I. 2021/724, reg. 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 294(2A) omitted (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 27.6.2017 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Criminal Finances Act 2017 (c. 22), ss. 18(4)(b), 58(4)(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 294(2B) omitted (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 27.6.2017 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Criminal Finances Act 2017 (c. 22), ss. 18(4)(b), 58(4)(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "S. 294(2C) omitted (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 27.6.2017 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Criminal Finances Act 2017 (c. 22), ss. 18(4)(b), 58(4)(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "S. 294(4) inserted (6.4.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), s. 94(1), Sch. 11 para. 6(3); S.I. 2008/755, art. 17(1)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in s. 294(4) inserted (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 31.1.2018 for E.W.S. in so far as not already in force, 28.6.2021 for N.I. in so far as not already in force) by Criminal Finances Act 2017 (c. 22), s. 58(1)(6), Sch. 1 para. 15(4); S.I. 2018/78, reg. 3(aa); S.I. 2021/724, reg. 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 294 restricted (18.4.2005) by Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11), s. 53(1), Sch. 2 para. 13; S.I. 2005/1126, art. 2(2)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Pt. 5 Ch. 3 applied (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 31.1.2018 for E.W.S. in so far as not already in force, 28.6.2021 for N.I. in so far as not already in force) by 2007 c. 30, s. 24(1) (as substituted by Criminal Finances Act 2017 (c. 22), ss. 21(3), 58(1)(6); S.I. 2018/78, reg. 3(f); S.I. 2021/724, reg. 2(1)(i))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/29/section/294",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:19.387180+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}