Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated ActsWithout limiting section 618, power to examine a thing seized under this Act includes, and always has included, a power to do something that is reasonably necessary for, or as part of, a scientific or other investigative procedure involving the thing, even though doing the thing may damage the thing or destroy it.
Examples—
performing an analysis involving the thing
making an appraisal of the thing
inspecting the thing
perusing the thing
scanning the thing
sifting the thing