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DRUGS, POISONS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT 1981 - SECT 80HE

Retention and return of seized ice pipes

S. 80HE(1) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 47.27).

    (1)     If a police officer seizes an ice pipe under this Part, the police officer must take reasonable steps to return the ice pipe to the person from whom it was seized or its lawful owner if the reason for its seizure no longer exists.

S. 80HE(2) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 47.27).

    (2)     If the ice pipe seized under this Part has not been returned to the person from whom it was seized or its lawful owner within 3 months after it was seized, a police officer must take reasonable steps to return it to that person or owner unless—

        (a)     proceedings for the purpose for which the ice pipe was retained have commenced within that 3 month period and those proceedings (including any appeal) have not been completed; or

        (b)     the Magistrates' Court makes an order under section 80HF extending the period during which the ice pipe may be retained.

S. 80HF inserted by No. 64/2010 s. 11.



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