South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts7—Ministerial arrangements for transmission and return of objects seized
under this Act or under a corresponding law
(1) The Minister may
enter into arrangements with a Minister to whom the administration of a
corresponding law is committed under which—
(a)
objects seized under this Act that may be relevant to the investigation of an
offence against the law of the State or Territory in which the
corresponding law is in force—
(i)
are to be transmitted to the appropriate authority in
that State or Territory for the purposes of investigation of, or proceedings
in respect of, that offence; and
(ii)
when no longer required for the purposes of any such
investigation or proceedings, are (unless disposed of by order or direction of
a court) to be returned to the Commissioner of Police; and
(b)
objects seized under the corresponding law that may be relevant to the
investigation of an offence against the law of this State—
(i)
are to be transmitted to the Commissioner of Police; and
(ii)
when no longer required for the purposes of investigation
of an offence, or proceedings in respect of an offence, are (unless disposed
of by order or direction of a court) to be returned to the
appropriate authority in the State or Territory in which they were seized.
(2) The owner of an
object returned to the Commissioner of Police in pursuance of arrangements
under subsection (1) is entitled to the return of the object.
(3) The right
conferred by subsection (2) is enforceable by action in detinue in any
court of competent jurisdiction.