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Forests Act 1958
95GReturn of seized items
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95G Return of seized items
(1) An authorised officer who seizes an item under section 95F must—
(a) as soon as practicable after seizing the item, inform the person from whom the item was seized of that person's right to have it returned; and
(b) ensure that the item is returned to the person from whom it was seized within 90 days after the date on which it was seized.
(2) A person from whom an item was seized may apply at the office of the authorised officer who seized the item for its return within 90 days after it was seized.
(3) This section does not apply if proceedings for an offence against the Act or the regulations in relation to which the item was seized have been commenced within 90 days of the item being seized.
S. 95H inserted by No. 48/2004 s. 122.