Police officer may retain a thing relating to an offence
23B Police officer may retain a thing relating to an offence
If a police officer —
under a written law, seizes from a young person a thing relating to an offence; and
gives a caution to the young person for the offence,
the police officer may retain the thing or release it to an appropriate person.
A police officer who retains a thing under subsection (1) must, after 48 hours after giving the caution, make the thing available for collection by an appropriate person, unless the thing can be retained under any other law.
In this section —
appropriate person, in relation to a thing seized from a young person, means a person who —
owns the thing, is authorised by the owner to possess it or, if the young person is the owner, is a responsible adult in relation to the young person; and
is not prohibited by law from possessing the thing.
[Section 23B inserted: No. 47 of 1998 s. 9.]
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