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72JCertain seized items to be handed to police
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72J Certain seized items to be handed to police
S. 72J(1) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 18.2).
(1) If any of the following articles or things is seized, it must be handed to a police officer—
(a) a weapon;
(b) an explosive substance;
(c) a drug of dependence;
(d) any other article or thing which the person conducting the search suspects—
(i) is stolen; or
(ii) has been used in, or obtained as the result of, the commission of an offence.
(2) In this section, drug of dependence has the same meaning as it has in the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981.
S. 72K inserted by No. 29/2014 s. 7, amended by No. 6/2024 s. 85.