Search and seizure of things required to be surrendered
354 Search and seizure of things required to be surrendered
A police officer who reasonably suspects that a prohibited person has failed to immediately surrender a thing in contravention of section 327(1) may —
enter a place where the police officer reasonably suspects the thing is located; and
search for, and seize, the thing.
Note for this subsection:
Section 327 requires a prohibited person to immediately surrender any licence card, firearm, major firearm part, prohibited accessory, firearm technology or ammunition in their possession.
A prohibited person’s failure to immediately surrender a thing as required by section 327(1) is a contravention of that subsection for the purposes of this section even if that failure is not an offence because of the operation of section 327(5).
This section is in addition to, and does not limit, the other powers conferred by this Division on a police officer.
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