Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

CHAPTER 3 - INFORMATION GATHERING  

PART 3-5 - SEARCH AND SEIZURE  

Division 1 - Search warrants  

Subdivision B - Applying for search warrants by telephone or other electronic means  

SECTION 234  

234   Offence for execution etc. of unauthorised form of warrant  

A person commits an offence if:

(a) the person executes a document or presents a document to a person; and

(b) the document purports to be a form of * search warrant under section 230 ; and

(c) the document:

(i) has not been approved by a magistrate under that section; or

(ii) departs in a material particular from the terms authorised by the magistrate under that section.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units, or both.