Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) If an authorised officer seizes a thing under this Act, the authorised officer must take reasonable steps to return the thing to the person from whom it was seized if the reason for its seizure no longer exists.
(2) If a seized thing has not been returned within 3 months after it was seized, the authorised officer must take reasonable steps to return it unless proceedings have commenced within that 3 month period and those proceedings (including any appeal) have not been completed.