# Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, Section 380: Production orders

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(1) The sheriff may, on an application made to him by the appropriate person, make a production order if he is satisfied that each of the requirements for the making of the order is fulfilled.
(2) In making a production order in relation to ... a civil recovery investigation , a detained cash investigation, a detained property investigation , a frozen funds investigation or a cryptoasset investigation, the sheriff shall act in the exercise of his civil jurisdiction.
(3) The application for a production order must state that—
(a) a person specified in the application is subject to a confiscation investigation , a civil recovery investigation or a money laundering investigation, or
(b) property specified in the application is subject to a civil recovery investigation , a detained cash investigation, a detained property investigation , a frozen funds investigation or a cryptoasset investigation.
(4) The application must also state that—
(a) the order is sought for the purposes of the investigation;
(b) the order is sought in relation to material, or material of a description, specified in the application;
(c) a person specified in the application appears to be in possession or control of the material.
(5) 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 material to produce it to a proper person for him to take away, or
(b) requiring that person to give a proper person access to the material,
within the period stated in the order.
(6) 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/ukpga/2002/29/section/380 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-380
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