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MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 487G Seizing evidence of the contravention of related provisions etc.

MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 487G

Seizing evidence of the contravention of related provisions etc.

  (1)   This section applies if an authorised officer enters premises under a search warrant to search for evidential material.

  (2)   The search powers include seizing a thing that is not evidential material of the kind specified in the warrant if:

  (a)   in the course of searching for the kind of evidential material specified in the warrant, the authorised officer finds the thing; and

  (b)   the authorised officer reasonably believes that:

  (i)   a related provision has been contravened with respect to the thing; or

  (ii)   the thing is evidence of the contravention of a related provision; or

  (iii)   the thing is intended to be used for the purpose of contravening a related provision; and

  (c)   the authorised officer reasonably believes that it is necessary to seize the thing in order to prevent its concealment, loss or destruction.

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