SEARCH WARRANTS ACT 1985 - SECT 7 Seizure of things pursuant to warrant

This legislation has been repealed.

SEARCH WARRANTS ACT 1985 - SECT 7

7 Seizure of things pursuant to warrant

(1) A member of the police force executing a search warrant issued under this Part:

(a) may seize a thing mentioned in the warrant, and

(b) may, in addition, seize any other thing:

(i) that the member of the police force finds in the course of executing the warrant, and

(ii) that the member of the police force has reasonable grounds for believing is connected with any offence.

(2) The power conferred by subsection (1) to seize a thing includes:

(a) a power to remove the thing from the premises where it is found, and

(b) a power to guard the thing in or on those premises.

(3) After it has been produced in evidence, or when it is not required as evidence, a thing seized pursuant to this section shall be disposed of as a court or Magistrate may direct.