Part One
GENERAL PART
Chapter VII
EVIDENCE
2. Evidentiary Actions
ž) Checking Accounts and Suspicious Transactions
Temporary Suspension of a Suspicious Transaction
Article 146
If the conditions referred to in Article 143 paragraph 1 of this Code are fulfilled and if there are grounds for suspicion that a suspect is performing the transaction referred to in Article 145 paragraph 1 of this Code, acting on a written and reasoned request of the public prosecutor the judge for preliminary proceedings may order a bank or other financial organisation to temporarily suspend the performance of a suspicious transaction.
The measure of temporary suspension referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article may last no longer than 72 hours, and in case the duration of the measure encompasses holidays, may on an order of the court be extended by a maximum of another 48 hours.
The bank or another financial organisation is required to maintain as a secret the data that it has acted in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article.
1. Les États Parties font droit, conformément aux dispositions du présent chapitre et aux procédures prévues par leur législation nationale, aux demandes d'assistance de la Cour liées à une enquête ou à des poursuites et concernant :
k) L'identification, la localisation, le gel ou la saisie du produit des crimes, des biens, des avoirs et des instruments qui sont liés aux crimes, aux fins de leur confiscation éventuelle, sans préjudice des droits des tiers de bonne foi ; et