Victorian Numbered Acts

MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS ACT 2009 (NO. 30 OF 2009) - SECT 138

    (1)     An authorised officer must not seize a thing apparently in the possession or custody of a person unless the authorised officer gives to the person a receipt for the thing seized that—

        (a)     identifies the thing seized and the reason why it is being seized; and

        (b)     states the name of the authorised officer .

    (2)     If an authorised officer is unable to discover the identity of—

        (a)     the lawful owner of a thing seized; or

        (b)     the person from whose custody a thing is seized—

the authorised officer must leave the receipt with, or post it to, the owner of the premises from which the thing was seized.