Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A member of the
Police Force may retain anything that has been seized under this Act but that
is not forfeited to the Crown if —
(a) it
is required for the investigation of an offence or the prosecution of someone
for an offence;
(b) it
relates to a matter that is being dealt with by a juvenile justice team; or
(c) no
person has satisfied the Commissioner that the person is lawfully entitled to
possess it,
and a court has not
ordered under section 16(1)(b) or 17(3) that it be delivered to a person.
(2) If something is
seized under this Act, but cannot be retained under subsection (1) it is
to be returned to the person from whom it was seized unless it is required by
an order under section 16(1)(b) or 17(3) to be delivered to another
person.