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Crimes Act 1900
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202 Copies of seized things to be provided
(1) If a police officer seizes from warrant premises—
(a) a document, film, computer file or other thing that can be readily
copied; or
(b) a storage device the information in which can be readily copied;
the officer shall, if requested to do so by the occupier of the premises
(or another person apparently representing the occupier), give a copy
of the thing or the information to the occupier or that person as soon
as practicable after the seizure.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if—
(a) the seized item was seized under section 200 (2) (b) or (c); or
(b) possession by the occupier of the document, film, computer file,
thing or information could constitute an offence.