LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 3.42
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 3.42
3.42 . Impounded non-perishable goods
(1) When any
non-perishable goods have been removed and impounded under section 3.39 the
local government is required to either —
(a)
institute a prosecution against the alleged offender; or
(b) give
the alleged offender notice that the goods may be collected from a place
specified during such hours as are specified.
(2) If after 7 days
after the goods were removed, a local government has been unable to give the
alleged offender a notice under subsection (1)(b) because it has been unable,
after making reasonable efforts to do so, to find the alleged offender, the
local government is to be taken to have given that notice.
[Section 3.42 amended: No. 64 of 1998 s. 9.]