BACK PREVIOUS SECTION NEXT SECTION BACK PREVIOUS SECTION NEXT SECTION | 20. (1) An officer who has reason to believe an object he finds | ||
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in the possession of an inmate, or | |
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abandoned within the correctional centre | |
| is contraband shall seize the object, record a description of it and the circumstances in which he seized it, and deposit it in a secure place within the correctional centre. | ||
| (2) The director shall return to the inmate from whom the object was seized, or deposit with the inmate's property surrendered under section 26 and add it to the inventory, an object seized under subsection (1) (a) unless | ||
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it is determined under section 32 that the inmate breached section 28 (5) by reason of his possession of the object, or | |
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the object is required as evidence of an offence against an Act or regulation of the Province or of Canada. | |
| (3) Where | ||
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in the case of an object seized under subsection (1) (a), it is determined under section 32 that the inmate from whom the object was seized breached section 28 (5) by reason of his possession of the object, or | |
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in the case of an object seized under subsection (1) (b), the director of the correctional centre determines that the object is contraband, | |
| the object is forfeited to the Crown in right of the Province. | ||
| (4) A determination shall be made under subsection (3) (b) within 3 days after the day the object was seized. | ||
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