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Section 224: Accessing bank documents for crime investigations

224.Obtaining copies or originals of documents in custody of bank

(1)For the purposes of any investigation of a crime, a bank manager or any officer of the bank authorised by the bank, shall, upon request in writing by the Director of Public Prosecutions or a police officer not below the rank of inspector, authorised in writing by the Director of Public Prosecutions, supply without delay to the Director of Public Prosecutions or the police officer, a copy or copies of any document in the custody of the bank against a receipt signed by the Director of Public Prosecutions or the police officer; and the receipt shall be countersigned by the bank manager.

(2)Where it is necessary that the original of any document in the custody of the bank should be inspected or that tests should be carried out on the document, the Director of Public Prosecutions or a police officer not below the rank of inspector, authorised in writing by the Director of Public Prosecutions may apply to the bank for the original; and a bank manager or an officer of the bank authorised by the bank shall deliver the original to the Director of Public Prosecutions or the police officer against a receipt signed by the Director of Public Prosecutions or the police officer.

(3)When the original of a document in the custody of a bank is to be delivered under subsection (2), the Director of Public Prosecutions or the police officer referred to in that subsection shall give to the bank manager a photocopy of the original certified by the Director of Public Prosecutions or the police officer and by the bank manager or authorised officer to be a true copy of the original.

(4)A document certified under subsection (3) to be a true copy of an original of a document in the custody of the bank may be tendered by the banker as the original document for all purposes.

(5)A police officer acting under this section shall be responsible to the Director of Public Prosecutions for anything to be done by that officer under this section.

(6)This section shall have effect notwithstanding the Evidence (Bankers’ Books) Act.

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Bank managers or authorised officers must give the Director of Public Prosecutions or a police officer (at least inspector rank, authorised in writing...

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