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Serious Offenders Act 2018
240Officer must provide receipt for seized things
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240 Officer must provide receipt for seized things
(1) As soon as practicable after seizing a thing under this Part, an officer—
(a) must give the offender or person from whom the thing was seized a receipt for the thing; or
(b) if the offender or person from whom the thing was seized refuses to accept the receipt, must leave the receipt in a conspicuous place at the place or premises being searched.
(2) A receipt under subsection (1) must—
(a) contain the prescribed information; and
(b) be signed in accordance with the regulations.