SEIZURE, SECRET WIRE-TAPPING, ETC.∗

Section 1
Objects reasonably presumed important to a criminal investigation or taken from a person through a criminal act or subject to criminal forfeiture may be seized.
The provisions in this chapter concerning objects shall also apply to written documents to the extent nothing else is prescribed.
The coercive measures described in this chapter may be imposed only if the reasons for the measure outweigh the consequent intrusion or other detriment to the suspect or to another adverse interest. (SFS 1989:650)

Section 2
If it can be assumed that a document contains information that an official or other person may not disclose under testimony under Chapter 36, Section 5, the document may not be seized from the possession of that person or the person who is owed the duty of confidentiality. Nor may from the person of the suspect or his relative, as defined in Chapter 36, Section 3, written communications between the suspect and his relative or between such relative be seized, except if the issue concerns an offence in respect of which a less severe penalty than imprisonment for two years is not prescribed. (SFS 1964:166).

Section 3
A letter, telegram, or other dispatch in the possession of a postal or
telecommunications undertaking may be seized only if the offence is

∗ Title amended by SFS 1989:650.