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Formal Consolidation |  2001 RevEd
Request for search and seizure
33.—(1)  The appropriate authority of a prescribed foreign country may request the Attorney-General to assist in obtaining any thing by search or seizure.
(2)  Where, on receipt of a request referred to in subsection (1), the Attorney-General is satisfied that —
(a)the request relates to a criminal matter in that country in respect of a foreign offence; and
(b)there are reasonable grounds for believing that the thing to which the request relates is relevant to the criminal matter and is located in Singapore,
the Attorney-General, or an authorised officer directed by him, may apply to the court for a warrant referred to in section 34 in respect of specified premises.
(3)  An application for a warrant referred to in section 34 in respect of any thing in the possession of a financial institution shall be made to the High Court.
(4)  An application for a warrant referred to in section 34 in respect of any thing in the possession of a financial institution shall not be made unless that thing can be particularised.
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 40 of 2019
Request for search and seizure
33.—(1)  The appropriate authority of a prescribed foreign country may request the Attorney-General to assist in obtaining any thing by search or seizure.
(2)  Where, on receipt of a request referred to in subsection (1), the Attorney-General is satisfied that —
(a)the request relates to a criminal matter in that country in respect of a foreign offence; and
(b)there are reasonable grounds for believing that the thing to which the request relates is relevant to the criminal matter and is located in Singapore,
the Attorney-General, or an authorised officer directed by him, may apply to the court for a warrant referred to in section 34 in respect of specified premises.
(3)  An application for a warrant referred to in section 34 in respect of any thing in the possession of a financial institution or VCC shall be made to the General Division of the High Court.
[Act 44 of 2018 wef 14/01/2020]
[Act 40 of 2019 wef 02/01/2021]
(4)  An application for a warrant referred to in section 34 in respect of any thing in the possession of a financial institution or VCC shall not be made unless that thing can be particularised.
[Act 44 of 2018 wef 14/01/2020]