Records relevant to offence
148 Records relevant to offence
If a record may be seized, the officer authorised to seize it may, if practicable, reproduce the record, whether or not in the same form, and instead seize the reproduction.
Example for this subsection:
A record on a computer could be reproduced by printing it out on paper or copying it on to a disc and the paper or disc could then be seized.
If a record is seized, the officer authorised to seize it may copy or take extracts from the record.
If a record is seized and a person —
who appears entitled to possession of the record; and
who does not already have a copy of the record,
so requests, the officer in charge of the investigation must —
if it is reasonably practicable to do so, give a copy of the record to the person as soon as practicable after it is seized; or
unless the officer reasonably suspects that doing so will jeopardise the evidentiary value of the record, allow the person to inspect the record and to make and keep a copy of it,
unless it would be an offence for the person to possess the copy.
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