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Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976
120Return or forfeiture of seized articles
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120 Return or forfeiture of seized articles
(1) Where a person seizes an article under a by-law he shall, as soon
as practicable, deliver the possession of it to the Director or to a
person nominated by the Director to receive possession.
(2) The Director or nominated person may retain possession of the
article for 60 days after its seizure or, if a prosecution with respect
to the article is instituted within that time, until the prosecution is
disposed of.
(3) Where such a prosecution is instituted within the 60 days and the
person prosecuted is found guilty, the court before which the
person is found guilty may order that the article be forfeited to the
(4) Where such a prosecution is not instituted within the 60 days or
where the court does not order that the article be forfeited to the
Commission, the Director or other person having the possession of
it shall make it available to the person from whom it was seized and
shall notify the person by post that it is so available.
(5) If the person from whom it was seized does not claim it within
6 months of the date on which he is given notice that it is available,
the article is forfeited to the Commission.
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