Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MARITIME POWERS ACT 2013 - SECT 67

  (1)   A maritime officer may seize :

  (a)   a weapon; or

  (b)   any thing that the officer suspects , on reasonable grounds :

  (i )   is evidential material; or

  (ii )   is a border controlled drug or border controlled plant; or

  (iii )   is owned by the Commonwealth or a State or Territory.

Note:   Written notice must be given if a thing is seized: see section   80 .

  (2)   To avoid doubt, a thing owned by the Commonwealth or a State or Territory includes a thing that has been forfeited to the Commonwealth or the State or Territory.

  (3)   A thing seized under subsection   ( 1) is a seized thing .