Seizure of document wrongly used as evidence of age
40 Seizure of document wrongly used as evidence of age
If a document is shown to a person and the person believes, on reasonable grounds, that the document has been used by someone else in contravention of section 38(2) or (3), the person may seize the document.
The person must give the seized document to an investigator within 3 days of the seizure or, if that is not reasonably practicable, must notify an investigator about the seizure within the 3 day period.Maximum penalty—25 penalty units.
Nothing in this section authorises a person to seize a digital device if—
the device is used in the contravention of section 38(2) or (3); and
in contravening the section a person used the device to store or display the following things, or an image or other design purporting to be the thing—
a digital authority;
a digital evidence of age;
a digital evidence of identity.
In this section—
digital authority see the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994, section 29AC.
digital device see the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994, section 29AB.
digital evidence of age see the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994, section 29AD.
digital evidence of identity see the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994, section 29AE.
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