Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) An inspector who seizes a publication must, unless otherwise ordered by a court, return the publication to the person who is entitled to possession of it if--
(a) it is not required as evidence in a proceeding for an offence against this or any other Act; and
(b) all proceedings (if any) instituted for an offence in relation to the publication are finally determined (whether or not on appeal) and no person has been convicted of an offence against this or any other Act in relation to the publication.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a child abuse publication.
(3) An inspector who seizes a child abuse photograph must not return it to the person who is entitled to possession of it.