130BPower of Court to order delivery of property

130B Power of Court to order delivery of property (1) Where any property: (a) has come into the custody or possession of a police officer in connection with criminal proceedings in the Court or otherwise in the course of the officer’s duty; or (b) has come into the custody or possession of the Court or a Judge, registrar or JP, whether as an exhibit or otherwise in connection with criminal proceedings in the Court; the Court may, on application by a police officer or a claimant of the property or on its own initiative, make an order for the delivery of the property to the person appearing to the Court to be the owner, or, may make such order with respect to the property as the Court sees fit. (2) No order made under this section shall be a bar to the right of any person to recover the property by action from the person to whom it is delivered by virtue of the order where that action is brought within 6 months after the order is made.

Local Court (Criminal Procedure) Act 1928 58