(1) Subject to subsection (2), a member of the Garda Síochána may seize and detain land, cash or other property that the member has reasonable grounds for suspecting is a gift or consideration used or intended to be used for the purposes of an offence under section 5, 6, 7 or 8 (in this Act referred to as "seized property").

(2)Seized property shall not be detained for more than 72 hours unless its detention for a further period is authorised by an order under subsection (3).

(3) Subject to subsections (4) and (7), a judge of the Circuit Court may, upon application in that behalf, order the continued detention of seized property (including seized property detained pursuant to a previous order under this subsection) for a further period specified in the order, not exceeding 3 months from the date of the order, where he or she is satisfied that -

(a) there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the seized property is a gift or consideration used or intended to be used for the purposes of an offence under section 5, 6, 7 or 8,