加拿大难民程序/140 - 扣押
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《移民和难民保护法》第 140 条规定
Seizure 140 (1) An officer may seize and hold any means of transportation, document or other thing if the officer believes on reasonable grounds that it was fraudulently or improperly obtained or used or that the seizure is necessary to prevent its fraudulent or improper use or to carry out the purposes of this Act. Interpretation (2) Despite subsection 42(2) of the Canada Post Corporation Act, a thing or document that is detained under the Customs Act and seized by an officer is not in the course of post for the purposes of the Canada Post Corporation Act. Regulations (3) The regulations may provide for any matter relating to the application of this section and may include provisions respecting the deposit of security as a guarantee to replace things that have been seized or that might otherwise be seized, and the return to their lawful owner, and the disposition, of things that have been seized.
该法第 140 条规定，如果满足列出的条件，官员可以扣押和持有列出的物品。拥有该权力的官员是根据该法第 6 条由部长指定的官员：加拿大难民程序/4-6 - 授权。该权力也必须按照《权利和自由宪章》第 8 条行使，该条规定每个人都有权免受不合理的搜查或扣押：加拿大难民程序/权利和自由宪章#第 8 条：不合理的搜查或扣押。该部门及其工作人员未被指定用于本节目的目的。也就是说，根据《调查法》赋予他们的权力，成员有权传唤任何证人出庭，并要求他们出示委员认为对他们被任命调查的事项进行全面调查所必需的任何文件和物品：加拿大难民程序/成员权力#《调查法》第一部分。
如果官员有合理理由相信文件是通过欺诈或不正当手段获取或使用的，或者扣押该文件是为防止其欺诈或不正当使用，或者为了执行该法第 140(1) 条规定的 IRPA 目的而必要的，部长指定的官员可以扣押并持有该文件。该条未对可以扣押文件的来源进行任何限制。因此，指定的移民官员可以行使该权力，扣押在该部门手中持有的一名申请人的文件。