CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION ACT 2006 - SECT 146

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION ACT 2006 - SECT 146

146 .         Things relevant to offence, grounds for seizing

                If this Act provides that an officer may seize a thing that is relevant to an offence the officer may do so only if the officer reasonably suspects one or more of the following —

            (a)         that the thing is property that has been stolen or otherwise unlawfully obtained;

            (b)         that the thing may be seized under another written law;

            (c)         that possession of the thing at that time and place by the person in possession of it is unlawful;

            (d)         that the thing may be forfeited to the State or the Crown;

            (e)         that it is necessary to seize the thing for one or more of the following purposes —

                  (i)         to prevent it from being concealed, disturbed or lost;

                  (ii)         to preserve its evidentiary value;

                  (iii)         to do a forensic examination on it;

                  (iv)         to prevent it from being used in the commission of another offence.