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Poisons Act 1971
84Forfeiture of substances, &c., in certain cases
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### 84 Forfeiture of substances, &c., in certain cases
> *\[Section 84 Substituted by No. 27 of 1984, s. 38 \]*
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> > (1) [*\[Section 84 Subsection (1) amended by No. 35 of 1997, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jun 1999\]*](/view/html/inforce/1999-06-01/act-1997-035#JS1@Ja4@GC2@EN) Where an inspector or police officer, in accordance with [section 90](#GS90@EN) , [90B](#GS90B@EN) or under a warrant issued under the [Search Warrants Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1997-034) , seizes–
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> > > > (a) a substance, being a raw narcotic, narcotic substance, prohibited substance, or substance to which [section 36](#GS36@EN) applies; or
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> > > > (b) [*\[Section 84 Subsection (1) amended by No. 40 of 2016, s. 26, Applied:17 Oct 2016\]*](/view/html/inforce/2016-10-17/act-2016-040#GS26@EN) a prohibited plant or part of such a plant, other than the seed of an alkaloid poppy–
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> > that substance, plant, or part of a plant is, by virtue of this subsection, forfeited to the Crown and shall be disposed of as the Minister directs.
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> > (2) *\[Section 84 Subsection (2) omitted by No. 20 of 1993, s. 81 \]*. . . . . . . .
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> > (3) *\[Section 84 Subsection (3) omitted by No. 20 of 1993, s. 81 \]*. . . . . . . .
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> > (4) *\[Section 84 Subsection (4) omitted by No. 20 of 1993, s. 81 \]*. . . . . . . .
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> > (5) *\[Section 84 Subsection (5) omitted by No. 20 of 1993, s. 81 \]*. . . . . . . .
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> > (6) *\[Section 84 Subsection (6) omitted by No. 20 of 1993, s. 81 \]*. . . . . . . .
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> > (7) *\[Section 84 Subsection (7) omitted by No. 20 of 1993, s. 81 \]*. . . . . . . .
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> > (8) *\[Section 84 Subsection (8) omitted by No. 20 of 1993, s. 81 \]*. . . . . . . .
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> > (9) *\[Section 84 Subsection (9) omitted by No. 20 of 1993, s. 81 \]*. . . . . . . .
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> > (10) *\[Section 84 Subsection (10) omitted by No. 20 of 1993, s. 81 \]*. . . . . . . .
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> > (11) *\[Section 84 Subsection (11) omitted by No. 20 of 1993, s. 81 \]*. . . . . . . .
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> > (12) *\[Section 84 Subsection (12) omitted by No. 20 of 1993, s. 81 \]*. . . . . . . .
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> > (13) *\[Section 84 Subsection (13) omitted by No. 20 of 1993, s. 81 \]*. . . . . . . .
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> > (14) *\[Section 84 Subsection (14) omitted by No. 20 of 1993, s. 81 \]*. . . . . . . .
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> > (15) *\[Section 84 Subsection (15) omitted by No. 20 of 1993, s. 81 \]*. . . . . . . .
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> > (16) *\[Section 84 Subsection (16) omitted by No. 20 of 1993, s. 81 \]*. . . . . . . .