Records relevant to offence
113 Records relevant to offence
If a record may be seized, the authorised 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 to a data storage device and the paper or data storage device could then be seized.
If a record is seized, the authorised officer authorised to seize it may copy or take extracts from the record.
Subsection (4) applies 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, requests a copy of it.
The authorised officer 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 authorised 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.
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