114Return and possession of things

114 Return and possession of things

(1) This section does not apply to tissue samples or other material that may be removed from a body.

S. 114(2) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 30.5).

(2) Subject to the rules, a coroner must make orders for the custody, care, control, return or disposition of each thing (including a document) or sample seized, taken or received by a police officer or the Coroners Court under this Act.

(3) Without limiting subsection (2), an order made by a coroner under that subsection may provide—

(a) that the thing or sample must stay in the possession of the Coroners Court; or

(b) if the thing or sample is required for the purposes of a criminal investigation or prosecution and the Chief Commissioner of Police applies to a coroner for the thing or sample, that the thing or sample is to be given to the Chief Commissioner of Police for the duration of the investigation and any prosecution; or

(c) that the thing or sample be destroyed or otherwise disposed of.