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PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT 1986 - SECT 24ZK Magistrates' Court may extend retention period

PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT 1986 - SECT 24ZK

Magistrates' Court may extend retention period

    (1)     Subject to subsection (2), an inspector may apply to the Magistrates' Court within 60 days after seizing a thing under this Part, or within any period extended by the Court under this section, for an extension of the period during which the inspector may retain the thing.

    (2)     The Court may order an extension if it is satisfied that retention of the thing is necessary for the purposes of the investigation in relation to which the thing was seized.

    (3)     The Court may adjourn an application to enable notice of the application to be given to any person.

    (4)     In ordering an extension the Court must ensure that the period during which a thing may be retained by an inspector does not exceed 12 months after the day that it was seized.

S. 24ZL inserted by No. 65/2007 s. 95.