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Crime and Corruption Act 2001
sec.110General power to seize evidence—crime investigation
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### sec.110 General power to seize evidence—crime investigation
This section applies if a commission officer conducting a crime investigation lawfully enters a place, or is at a public place, and finds at the place a thing the officer reasonably suspects is evidence of the commission of major crime that the commission is investigating.
The officer may seize the thing, whether or not as evidence under a warrant and, if the place is entered under a warrant, whether or not the warrant was issued for the major crime.
Also, the officer may—
photograph the thing seized or the place from which the thing was seized; and
stay at the place and re-enter it for the time reasonably necessary to remove the thing from the place.
If the thing is seized at a place entered under a covert search warrant, section 117 applies as if the thing had been seized under the warrant.
Otherwise, sections 113 to 115 apply as if the thing had been seized under a warrant under part 2 .
(sec.110-ssec.1) This section applies if a commission officer conducting a crime investigation lawfully enters a place, or is at a public place, and finds at the place a thing the officer reasonably suspects is evidence of the commission of major crime that the commission is investigating.
(sec.110-ssec.2) The officer may seize the thing, whether or not as evidence under a warrant and, if the place is entered under a warrant, whether or not the warrant was issued for the major crime.
(sec.110-ssec.3) Also, the officer may— photograph the thing seized or the place from which the thing was seized; and stay at the place and re-enter it for the time reasonably necessary to remove the thing from the place.
(sec.110-ssec.4) If the thing is seized at a place entered under a covert search warrant, section 117 applies as if the thing had been seized under the warrant.
(sec.110-ssec.5) Otherwise, sections 113 to 115 apply as if the thing had been seized under a warrant under part 2 .
- (a) photograph the thing seized or the place from which the thing was seized; and
- (b) stay at the place and re-enter it for the time reasonably necessary to remove the thing from the place.