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Corrections Act 1986
78OSpecified officer must provide receipt for seized thing
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78O Specified officer must provide receipt for seized thing
(1) As soon as practicable after seizing a thing under section 78J, a specified officer must—
(a) give the prisoner on parole from whom the thing was seized a receipt for the thing; or
(b) if the prisoner on parole from whom the thing was seized refuses to accept the receipt, leave the receipt in a conspicuous place at the residence being searched.
(2) A receipt under subsection (1) must—
(a) contain the prescribed information; and
(b) be signed in accordance with the regulations.
S. 78P inserted by No. 57/2016 s. 8.