Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS ACT 1987 - SECT 34J

    If:

  (a)   either:

  (i)   a criminal proceeding has commenced, or there are reasonable grounds to suspect that a criminal proceeding is about to commence, in a foreign country in respect of a foreign serious offence; or

  (ii)   foreign confiscation proceedings have commenced, or there are reasonable grounds to suspect that such proceedings are about to commence, in a foreign country; and

  (b)   there are reasonable grounds to believe that property that may be made or is about to be made the subject of a foreign restraining order is located in Australia; and

  (c)   the foreign country requests the Attorney - General to obtain the issue of a restraining order against the property;

the Attorney - General may authorise a proceeds of crime authority to apply for a restraining order against that property in respect of the offence.