262Effect of refusing applications for restraining orders or forfeiture orders

262 Effect of refusing applications for restraining orders or forfeiture orders

If: (a) a thing has been seized under a *search warrant, or under section 251, on the ground that a person believes on reasonable grounds that it is *tainted property; and (b) an application is made for a *restraining order or a *forfeiture order that would cover the thing; and (c) the application is refused; and (d) at the time when the application is refused, the thing is in the possession of the *responsible custodian; the *responsible custodian must arrange for the thing to be returned to the person from whose possession it was seized as soon as practicable after the refusal.