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CurrentHow property may be dealt with
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594 How property may be dealt with
(1)
This section applies if, under section 593, a thing becomes the property of the State.
(2)
The chief psychiatrist may deal with the thing as the chief psychiatrist considers appropriate, including, for example, by destroying it or giving it away.
(3)
The chief psychiatrist must not deal with the thing in a way that could prejudice the outcome of an appeal against the forfeiture under part 8.
(4)
If the chief psychiatrist sells the thing, the chief psychiatrist may, after deducting the costs of the sale, return the proceeds of the sale to the former owner of the thing.
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