Cap. 31 Art. 120EFreezing of property of person accused with offences cognizable by courts outside Malta.

(1) Where the Attorney General receives a request made by a judicial or prosecuting authority of any place outside Malta for the temporary seizure of all or any of the moneys or property, movable or immovable, of a person (hereinafter in this article referred to as "the accused") charged or accused in proceedings before the courts of that place of an offence consisting in an act or an omission which if committed in these Islands, or in corresponding circumstances, would constitute any of the offences mentioned in article 120C(1)(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e), the Attorney General may apply to the Criminal Court for an order (hereinafter referred to as a "freezing order") having the same effect as an order as is referred to in article 22A(1) of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance and the provisions of the said article 22A shall, subject to the provisions of sub-article (2) of this article, apply mutatis to that order. mutandis

(2) The provisions of article 24C(2) to (5) of of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance shall apply to an order made under this article as if it were an order made under the said article 24C.

(3) Article 22B of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance shall also apply to any person who acts in contravention of a freezing order under this article.