41DSeizure of detection devices

41D Seizure of detection devices

[Section 41D Repealed by No. 77 of 1970, s. 32 and Sched. 2 ]

(1)  A police officer or authorised officer who has reasonable grounds for believing that a motor vehicle is equipped with a detection device may –

(a) enter and search the motor vehicle; and

(b) doing as little damage as possible in the circumstances, seize any device that appears to the police officer or authorised officer to be a detection device; and

(c) cause any device so seized to be tested; and

(d) cause any device so seized to be produced in court as evidence in any proceedings under the Road Rules.

(2)  If a person is convicted of an offence under the Road Rules relating to the possession or use of a detection device, the detection device to which the offence relates is forfeited to the Crown.

(3)  In this section –

detection device means –

(a) a device for preventing the effective use of a speed-measuring device; or

(b) a device for detecting the use of a speed-measuring device.