Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) A Royal Commission must take all reasonable steps to return a document or other thing seized under a search warrant to the person from whom it was seized if the document or other thing is required as evidence relating to a legal proceeding.
(2) A Royal Commission must immediately take all reasonable steps to return a document or other thing seized under a search warrant to the person from whom it was seized if the Royal Commission is no longer satisfied that its retention is necessary for the purposes of—
(a) an inquiry; or
(b) a report of the Royal Commission on an inquiry; or
(c) a legal proceeding arising out of, or connected with, an inquiry.
Division 7—Application of privileges and statutory secrecy to Royal Commissions