Corrections Management Act 2007
129Receipt for seizure
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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.