Section 173Part 6 — Forfeiture of Cash and Property
Account monitoring orders
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A judge may, on an application made to that judge by an appropriat e officer, make an account monitoring order if that judge is satisfied that each of the requirements set out in subsection (3) for the making of the order is fulfilled.
An account monitoring order is an order that the financial institution specified in the application for the order shall, for the period stated in the order, provide account information of the description specified in the order to an appropriate officer in the manner, and at or by the time or times, stated in the order.
An application for an account monitoring order shall state that —
a person specified in the application is subject to a confiscation investigation or a money laundering investigation; or
property specified in the application is subject to a civil recovery invest igation and a person specified in the application appears to hold the property; and
the order is sought for the purposes of the investigation; and
the order is sought against the financial institution specified in the application in relation to acc ount information of the description so specified.
Account information is information relating to an account or accounts held at the financial institution specified in the application by the person so specified whether held solely or jointly with anothe r.
An application for an account monitoring order may specify information relating to —
all accounts held by the person specified in the application for the order at the financial institution so specified;
a particular description, or particula r descriptions, of accounts so held, or
a particular account, or particular accounts, so held.
The period stated in an account monitoring order shall not exceed the period of ninety days beginning with the day on which the order is made.