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Amendment of section 64 of Act of 1994.
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40.—Section 64 of the Act of 1994 is amended as follows:
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(a) by substituting the following for subsection (1):
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“(1) A member of the Garda Síochána may apply to a judge of the District Court for a warrant under this section in relation to specified premises for the purposes of an investigation into any of the following matters:
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(a) drug trafficking;
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(b) the commission of an offence of financing terrorism;
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(c) the commission of an offence under section 31 of this Act;
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(d) whether a person has benefited from drug trafficking;
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(e) whether a person holds funds subject to confiscation;
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(f) whether a person has benefited from an offence in respect of which a confiscation order might be made under section 9 of this Act.”;
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(b) in subsection (3) by substituting the following for paragraph (a):
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“(a) that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that a specified person—
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(i) has carried on drug trafficking,
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(ii) has committed an offence of financing terrorism,
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(iii) has committed an offence under section 31 of this Act,
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(iv) has benefited from drug trafficking,
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(v) holds funds subject to confiscation, or
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(vi) has benefited from an offence in respect of which a confiscation order might be made under section 9 of this Act, and”;
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(c) in subsection (4) by substituting the following for paragraphs (a) and (b):
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“(a) that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that a specified person—
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(i) has carried on drug trafficking,
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(ii) has committed an offence of financing terrorism,
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(iii) has committed an offence under section 31 of this Act,
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(iv) has benefited from drug trafficking,
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(v) holds funds subject to confiscation, or
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(vi) has benefited from an offence in respect of which a confiscation order might be made under section 9 of this Act, and
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(b) that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that there is on the premises material that—
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(i) relates to the specified person or to—
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(I) drug trafficking,
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(II) an offence of financing terrorism,
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(III) an offence under section 31 of this Act, or
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(IV) an offence in respect of which a confiscation order might be made under section 9 of this Act,
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and
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(ii) is likely to be of substantial value (whether by itself or together with other material) to the investigation for the purpose of which the application is made, and
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(iii) cannot be particularised at the time of the application, and”.
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