Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 435C

435C. (1) Where the Attorney General receives a request made by a judicial, prosecuting or administrative authority of any place outside Malta or by an international court for the temporary seizure of all or any or the moneys or property, movable or immovable, of a person (hereinafter in this article referred to as "the accused") charged or accused in proceedings before the courts of that place or before the international court of a relevant offence, the Attorney General may apply to the Criminal Court for an order (hereinafter in this title referred to as a "freezing order") having the same effect as an order as is referred to in article 22A(1) of the Ordinance, and the provision of the said article 22A shall, subject to the provisions of sub-article (2), apply mutatis mutandis to that order. (2) The provisions of article 24C(2) to (5) of the Ordinance shall apply to an order made under this article as if it were an order made under the said article 24C. (3) Article 22B of the Ordinance shall also apply to any person who acts in contravention of a freezing order under this article. Enforcement of confiscation orders made by courts outside Malta following conviction for offences cognizable by those courts. Added by: III.2002.102. Amended by: III.2004.76; VIII.2015.32; VI.2024.7.