40Responsibility for seized property

40 Responsibility for seized property

40 Responsibility for seized property

(1) If property or evidence is seized when a search warrant issued under this Division is executed, reasonable measures for its preservation while in custody are to be taken—

(a) by the Commission, if the warrant was issued on the application of a member of the Commission, or

(b) by the Commissioner of Police, if the warrant was issued on the application of a member of the Police Force.

(2) A person authorised by the Commission for the purpose may—

(a) examine any property or evidence seized when a search warrant issued under this Division is executed, including a warrant issued on the application of a member of the Police Force, and

(b) inspect and test any such property, and

(c) in the case of evidence that is a document—make copies of, and take extracts from, the document.