Section 67 Seizure and search

(1) Property in regard to which surrender to a foreign state is being considered as a possibility may be seized or secured by other means even before receipt of a request for such surrender. A search may likewise be carried out to that end.

(2) Property may also be seized or secured by other means under the conditions of section 66 (1) no. 1 and (2) no. 1 if this is necessary to execute a request which does not relate to the surrender of the property. Subsection (1) sentence 2 applies accordingly.

(3) The seizure and the search are ordered by that local court in whose district the seizure and search are to be carried out. Section 61 (2) sentence 2 applies accordingly.

(4) In exigent circumstances, the public prosecution office and its investigators (section 152 of the Courts Constitution Act) are authorised to order the seizure and the search.