87Possession of document or other thing by authorized officer

### 87 Possession of document or other thing by authorized officer > *\[Section 87 Substituted by No. 73 of 1994, s. 14 \]* > > > (1)  If an authorized officer has possession of any record, other document or other thing for the purposes of this Act, the authorized officer – > > > > > > (a) must, as soon as practicable, give a receipt to the apparent owner of that record, other document or other thing or the person who delivered it to the officer or from whose possession it was taken; and > > > > > > > (b) may retain the record, other document or other thing for so long as is necessary for those purposes. > > > (2)  If any person otherwise entitled to possession of a record or other document retained by an authorized officer so requests the Commissioner in writing, the Commissioner must provide to the person as soon as practicable a copy of the record of other document that the Commissioner has certified to be a true copy.