Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Infringements Act 2006 - SECT 87

Notice of seizure of property

87. Notice of seizure of property



(1) A person who executes an infringement warrant may serve on-

   (a)  the person against whom the infringement warrant is issued and whose
        personal property is seized under the infringement warrant; or

   (b)  a person who is in possession of any personal property of the person
        against whom the infringement warrant is issued that is seized under
        the infringement warrant-

a notice in the form prescribed by the rules within the meaning of the
Magistrates' Court Act 1989 informing the person served with the notice-

   (c)  that the person is responsible for the safe-keeping of the personal
        property seized under the infringement warrant that is described in
        the notice; and

   (d)  informing that person of the provisions of subsection (2).

(2) A person who knows that property has been seized under an infringement
warrant or is the subject of a notice served under subsection (1) must not,
except with the written consent of the sheriff-

   (a)  interfere with or dispose of that property; or

   (b)  deface or remove any mark attached to that property indicating that it
        had been so seized; or

   (c)  remove that property from the place at which it was situated when the
        notice was served.

Penalty: 25 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment or both.

(3) Nothing in subsection (2) affects the powers of the Court or of the
Supreme Court in relation to contempt.