516Certain seized items to be handed to police

516 Certain seized items to be handed to police

(1) If any of the following articles or things is seized under section 514, it must be handed to a police officer—

(a) a weapon;

(b) an explosive substance;

(c) a drug of dependence;

(d) any other article or thing which the person conducting the search suspects—

(i) is stolen; or

(ii) has been used in, or obtained as the result of, the commission of an offence.

drug of dependence has the same meaning as it has in the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981.