24Copies of seized documents

24 Copies of seized documents

24 Copies of seized documents

(1) If an authorised person executing a warrant retains possession of a document seized from a person in accordance with the warrant, the authorised person must give that other person, within 21 days of the seizure, a copy of the document certified as correct by the authorised person executing the warrant.

(2) A copy of a document certified under subsection (1) shall be received in all relevant courts and all tribunals as evidence of equal validity to the original.

s 24: Am 2007 No 53, sec 21.