MARITIME POWERS ACT 2013 (NO. 15, 2013) - SECT 67 Seizing things

MARITIME POWERS ACT 2013 (NO. 15, 2013) - SECT 67

             (1)  A maritime officer may seize:

                     (a)  a weapon; or

                     (b)  any thing that the officer suspects, on reasonable grounds:

                              (i)  is evidential material; or

                             (ii)  is a border controlled drug or border controlled plant; or

                            (iii)  is owned by the Commonwealth or a State or Territory.

Note:          Written notice must be given if a thing is seized: see section 80.

             (2)  To avoid doubt, a thing owned by the Commonwealth or a State or Territory includes a thing that has been forfeited to the Commonwealth or the State or Territory.

             (3)  A thing seized under subsection (1) is a seized thing .