Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT 1987 No. 87, 1987 - SECT 39

39. (1) Subject to subsection (2), where property is seized under this
Division, the Commissioner shall arrange for the property to be kept until it
is dealt with in accordance with another provision of this Act, and shall
ensure that all reasonable steps are taken to preserve the property while it
is so kept.

(2) Where:

   (a)  a police officer seizes property under this Division; and

   (b)  the officer believes on reasonable grounds that the property will
        afford evidence as to the commission of an offence that is the subject
        of a special investigation being conducted by the National Crime
        Authority; the Chairman of the National Crime Authority shall arrange
        for the property to be kept until it is dealt with in accordance with
        another provision of this Act, and shall ensure that all reasonable
        steps are taken to preserve the property while it is so kept.

(3) In this section:

"special investigation" has the same meaning as in the National Crime 
Authority Act 1984 .