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Traffic Act 1925
41DSeizure of detection devices
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### 41D Seizure of detection devices
> *\[Section 41D Repealed by No. 77 of 1970, s. 32 and Sched. 2 \]*
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> > (1) A police officer or authorised officer who has reasonable grounds for believing that a motor vehicle is equipped with a detection device may –
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> > > > (a) enter and search the motor vehicle; and
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> > > > (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
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> > > > (c) cause any device so seized to be tested; and
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> > > > (d) cause any device so seized to be produced in court as evidence in any proceedings under the *Road Rules*.
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> > (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.
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> > (3) In this section –
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> > > ***detection device*** means –
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> > > > > (a) a device for preventing the effective use of a speed-measuring device; or
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> > > > > (b) a device for detecting the use of a speed-measuring device.