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Corrections Management Act 2007
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129 Receipt for seizure
(1) The director-general must prepare a written receipt for a seizure under
section 127 or section 128.
(2) As soon as practicable after the seizure (but no later than 7 days after
the day of the seizure), the director-general must give a copy of the
receipt to—
(a) the owner of the thing seized; or
(b) if the owner cannot be identified after reasonable inquiries
(given the thing’s apparent value)—the person from whom the
thing was seized.
(3) The receipt must—
(a) identify the thing seized; and
(b) outline the grounds for the seizure; and
(c) include a statement about the effect of section 130; and
(d) include anything else prescribed by regulation.
owner, of a thing, includes a person entitled to possession of the thing.