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Confiscation Act 1997
95AApplication for property seized under search warrants under other Acts to be held or retained under this Act
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95A Application for property seized under search warrants under other Acts to be held or retained under this Act
S. 95A(1) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 25.15).
(1) A police officer may apply to the Magistrates' Court for a declaration that property seized under a warrant under—
(a) section 465 of the **Crimes Act 1958**; or
(b) section 81 of the **Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981**—
is to be held or retained as if it were tainted property seized under a warrant under section 79 of this Act.
(2) An application under subsection (1) may only be made if—
(a) the property is no longer required for evidentiary purposes under the **Crimes Act 1958** or the **Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981** (as the case requires); and
(b) no direction has previously been made under section 465(1B) or 465C of the **Crimes Act 1958** or section 81(1A) or 81C of the **Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981** (as the case requires).
(3) An application may be made within 7 days after the property is no longer required for evidentiary purposes under the **Crimes Act 1958** or the **Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981** (as the case requires).
S. 95B inserted by No. 63/2003 s. 25.