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POLICE (PROPERTY) ACT 1897 - SECT 1



1.(1) Where any property has come into the possession of the police in
connexion with any criminal charge ... a court of summary jurisdiction may, on
application, either by an officer of police or by a claimant of the property,
make an order for the delivery of the property to the person appearing to the
magistrate or court to be the owner thereof, or, if the owner cannot be
ascertained, make such order with respect to the property as to the magistrate
or court may seem meet.

(2) An order under this section shall not affect the right of any person to
take within six months from the date of the order legal proceedings against
any person in possession of property delivered by virtue of the order for the
recovery of the property, but on the expiration of those six months the right
shall cease.


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