The Criminal Procedure Rules 2013

Application to punish for contempt of court

6.22.—(1) This rule applies where a person is accused of disobeying—

(a) a production order made under section 345 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002(1); or

(b) an account monitoring order made under section 370 of that Act.

(2) An applicant who wants the court to exercise its power to punish that person for contempt of court must comply with the rules in Part 62 (Contempt of court).

[Note. The Crown Court has power to punish for contempt of court a person who disobeys its order. See sections 351(7) and 375(6) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, and section 45 of the Senior Courts Act 1981.

Disobedience to a disclosure order or to a customer information order is an offence: see sections 359 and 366 of the 2002 Act.

Under section 342 of the 2002 Act, subject to the exceptions for which that section provides it is an offence to make a disclosure likely to prejudice an investigation or to interfere with documents relevant to it.]

(1)

2002 c. 29; section 345 was amended by section 75 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27).