sec.623Right to inspect seized documents

### sec.623 Right to inspect seized documents Unless a justice or coroner otherwise orders, a police officer who seizes a document must allow a person who would be entitled to the document— to inspect it at any reasonable time and from time to time; and to take extracts from or make copies of it. If a police officer seizes a document under a production order, the officer, if asked by the person to whom the order was addressed, must give the person a copy of the document certified by the officer in writing to be a true copy of the document. The police officer may refuse to comply with subsection (1) or (2) if the officer reasonably suspects complying with the subsection will enable the person to repeat or continue an offence of which the documents are evidence or commit another offence. s 623 (prev s 309) renum 2000 No. 22 s 19 amd 2003 No. 13 s 106 sch 1 ; 2006 No. 26 s 3 sch 1 (sec.623-ssec.1) Unless a justice or coroner otherwise orders, a police officer who seizes a document must allow a person who would be entitled to the document— to inspect it at any reasonable time and from time to time; and to take extracts from or make copies of it. (sec.623-ssec.2) If a police officer seizes a document under a production order, the officer, if asked by the person to whom the order was addressed, must give the person a copy of the document certified by the officer in writing to be a true copy of the document. (sec.623-ssec.3) The police officer may refuse to comply with subsection (1) or (2) if the officer reasonably suspects complying with the subsection will enable the person to repeat or continue an offence of which the documents are evidence or commit another offence. - (a) to inspect it at any reasonable time and from time to time; and - (b) to take extracts from or make copies of it.