Power to seize and detain things
20 Power to seize and detain things
A police officer may, in connection with a search under this Division, seize and detain—
all or part of a thing (including a vehicle) that the officer suspects on reasonable grounds may be used, or may have been used, to commit a terrorist act, or
all or part of a thing (including a vehicle) that the officer suspects on reasonable grounds may provide evidence of the commission of a serious indictable offence (whether or not related to a terrorist act).
A power conferred by this section to seize and detain a thing includes—
a power to remove a thing from the place where it is found, and
a power to guard the thing in or on the place where it is found.
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