Section 8, NPRC DECREE N0.2 1992

Where any complaint is lodged or any information is given to the National Provisional Ruling Council or to a member of the Armed Forces or to the Police to investigate any person suspected of having appropriated to himself or mis-appropriated or stolen or dishonestly obtained or embezzled or fraudulently applied or disposed of any public funds belonging to the Government, a Local Authority or a Public Corporation, or property belonging to any of these bodies, the National Provisional Ruling Council shall cause an application to be made *ex parte* by summons to a Magistrate or Judge for an Order which shall be made as of course freezing any account or accounts operated by or in the name of the person against whom the complaint has been lodged or the information laid, or in any other name, or an account of which he is a signatory. [Margin: Any certificate signed by the Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the N. P. R. C. to be conclusive for all purposes of this Decree.]