Section 344: Courts

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 · 2002 c. 29View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 8: Investigations — Chapter 2: England and Wales and Northern Ireland

In this Chapter references to the court are to—

the Crown Court, in relation to an order for the purposes of a confiscation investigation , a money laundering investigation , a detained cash investigation, a detained property investigation , a frozen funds investigation or a cryptoasset investigation;
the High Court, in relation to an order for the purposes of a civil recovery investigation or an exploitation proceeds investigation ...

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