ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION ACT 1992 No. 194 of 1992 - SECT 126
Retention of things seized
ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION ACT 1992 No. 194 of 1992 - SECT 126
Retention of things seized
126.(1) If an officer seizes a thing under paragraph 122(2)(d) or 123(2)(d),
the officer may retain it until:
(a) the end of the period of 60 days after the seizure; or
(b) if proceedings for an offence against this Act in the commission of
which it may have been used or otherwise involved, or in respect of
which it may afford evidence, are instituted within that period-until
the proceedings (including any appeal to a court in relation to those
proceedings) are completed.
(2) The Director may authorise a thing seized under paragraph 122(2)(d) or
123(2)(d) to be released to the owner, or to the person from whose possession
it was seized, either:
(a) unconditionally; or
(b) on such conditions as the Director thinks fit, including conditions as
to giving security for payment of its value if it is forfeited.