Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act — P-24.501 60
Limitation on orders for disclosure of information 60 (1) Despite the provisions of any other Act, except sections 49 and 50 of the Access to Information Act and sections 48 and 49 of the Privacy Act , an order for disclosure of information may be issued in respect of the Centre only under subsection (4) or section 60.1 or 60.3. Purpose of application (2) The Attorney General may, for the purposes of an investigation in respect of a money laundering offence, a terrorist activity financing offence or a sanctions evasion offence, make an application under subsection (3) for an order for disclosure of information. Application (3) An application shall be made ex parte in writing to a judge and be accompanied by an affidavit sworn on the information and belief of the Attorney General — or a person specially designated by the Attorney General for that purpose — deposing to the following matters: (a) the offence under investigation; (b) the person or entity in relation to which the information or documents referred to in paragraph (c) are required; (c) the type of information or documents — whether in written form, in the form of a report or record or in any other form — obtained by or on behalf of the Director in respect of which disclosure is sought; (d) the facts relied on to justify the belief, on reasonable grounds, that the person or entity referred to in paragraph (b) has committed or benefited from the commission of a money laundering offence, a terrorist activity financing offence or a sanctions evasion offence and that the information or documents referred to in paragraph (c) are likely to be of substantial value, whether alone or together with other material, to an investigation in respect of any of those offences; (e) a summary of any information already received from the Centre in respect of the offence; and (f) information respecting all previous applications brought under this section in respect of any person or entity being investigated for the offence. Order for disclosure of information (4) Subject to the conditions that the judge considers advisable in the public interest, the judge to whom an application is made may order the Director — or any person specially designated in writing by the Director for the purposes of this section — to allow a police officer named in the order to have access to and examine all information and documents to which the application relates or, if the judge considers it necessary in the circumstances, to produce the information and documents to the police officer and allow the police officer to remove them, where the judge is satisfied (a) of the matters referred to in paragraph (3)(d); and (b) that there are reasonable grounds for believing that it is in the public interest to allow access to the information or documents, having regard to the benefit likely to accrue to the investigation if the access is obtained. The order must be complied with within the period following the service of the order that the judge may specify. Execution in another province (5) A judge may, if the information or documents in respect of which disclosure is sought are in a province other than the one in which the judge has jurisdiction, issue an order for disclosure and the order may be executed in the other province after it has been endorsed by a judge who has jurisdiction in that other province. Service of order (6) A copy of the order shall be served on the person to whom it is addressed in the manner that the judge directs or as may be prescribed by rules of court. Extension of period for compliance with order (7) A judge who makes an order under subsection (4) may, on application of the Director, extend the period within which it is to be complied with. Objection to disclosure of information (8) The Director — or any person specially designated in writing by the Director for the purposes of this section — may object to the disclosure of any information or document in respect of which an order under sub