15Limitation on seizure, &c.

15 Limitation on seizure, &c.

(1)  Where an authorized officer has seized and retained any petroleum product pursuant to section 14 (1) (c) , the petroleum product may be so retained until the expiration of 60 days from its seizure or, if within that period proceedings are commenced in which the petroleum product may afford evidence, until those proceedings (including any appeal to a court in relation to those proceedings) are terminated.

(2)  The Minister may authorize any petroleum product retained under subsection (1) to be released to the owner or to the person from whose possession the petroleum product was seized, either unconditionally or on such conditions as the Minister specifies in the authorization.