29Dealing with seized things

29 Dealing with seized things

29 Dealing with seized things

(1) If an inspector or police officer seizes anything under section 26 on any premises, the inspector or officer must issue the person apparently in charge of the premises with a written receipt for the thing seized.

(2) An inspector or police officer may retain anything seized under section 26 until the completion of any proceedings (including proceedings on appeal) in which it may be evidence.

(3) A record may only be retained under subsection (2) if the person from whom the record was seized is provided, within a reasonable time after the seizure, with a copy of the record certified by the inspector or police officer as a true copy. The copy is, as evidence, of equal validity to the document of which it is certified to be a copy.

(4) Subsection (2) ceases to have effect in relation to anything seized if, on the application of a person aggrieved by the seizure, the court in which proceedings referred to in that subsection are commenced so orders.