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CUSTOMS ACT 1901 - SECT 204

Seized goods to be secured

  (1)   In this section:

"approved place" , in relation to goods, means a place approved by a Collector as a place for the storage of goods of that kind.

  (2)   If an officer of Customs seizes any goods other than narcotic - related goods under a seizure warrant or under section   203B, 203CA or 203CB, the officer must, as soon as practicable, take those goods to an approved place.

  (3)   If a person other than an officer of Customs seizes any goods other than narcotic - related goods under a seizure warrant or under section   203B, 203CA or 203CB, the person must, as soon as practicable, deliver the goods into the custody of an officer of Customs.

  (4)   If a person other than a member of the Australian Federal Police seizes:

  (a)   any narcotic - related goods under a seizure warrant or under section   203B, 203CA or 203CB; or

  (b)   any narcotic goods under section   203C;

the person must, as soon as practicable, deliver the goods into the custody of a member of the Australian Federal Police.

  (5)   If goods are delivered to an officer of Customs under subsection   (3), the officer must:

  (a)   if paragraph   (b) does not apply--as soon as practicable, deliver the goods to an approved place; or

  (b)   if the goods are delivered to the officer at an approved place--leave the goods at that place.



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