Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act

Marginal note:Orders for restraint or seizure

• 9.1 (1) When a request is presented to the Minister by the International Criminal Court for the enforcement of an order for the restraint or seizure of proceeds of crime, the Minister may authorize the Attorney General of Canada to make arrangements for the enforcement of the order.

• Marginal note:Filing of order

  (2) On receipt of an authorization, the Attorney General of Canada may file a copy of the order with the superior court of criminal jurisdiction of the province in which property that is the subject of the order is believed to be located.

• Marginal note:Enforcement

  (3) On being filed, the order may be enforced as if it were a warrant issued under subsection 462.32(1) or 462.321(1) of the Criminal Code or an order made under subsection 462.33(3) of that Act.