158Dealing with seized things

158 Dealing with seized things (1) This section applies if a thing (the seized thing) is given to the Commissioner under section 157(3)(c). (2) The Commissioner may do one of the following with the seized thing: (a) give it to an appropriate law enforcement agency; (b) give it to: (i) the person from whom it was confiscated; or

Correctional Services Act 2014 73 (ii) a person the Commissioner reasonably believes owns, or is lawfully entitled to possession of, the thing; (c) retain it for forensic or evidentiary purposes in relation to an offence against this Act; (d) dispose of it (including by selling it or destroying it). (3) If the Commissioner receives any money from the sale of a seized thing, the Commissioner must: (a) if it was owned by a prisoner – pay the amount received into the prisoner's trust account; or (b) pay the amount received to a person the Commissioner reasonably believes owned, or was lawfully entitled to possession of, the thing.