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HORTICULTURE ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1966 - SECT 22

Detention and seizure of produce.

22.(1) An authorised officer or a constable may seize and may detain in
custody any produce to which this Part applies which is being, or which is on
reasonable grounds suspected by such an officer or constable of being, sent
out of Northern Ireland in contravention of any provision of this Part or of
any regulation made thereunder or in breach of any condition of a licence
issued under this Part or of a permit issued under the succeeding provisions
of this Act.

(2) Where any person detains produce in his custody under this section, he
shall, as soon as possible, either

(a)release the produce; or

(b)take such steps as may be proper to have dealt with according to law the
person believed to be guilty of the offence committed, or believed to have
been committed, in relation to the produce, and may release the produce when
he considers that its detention is no longer necessary for the purposes of the
legal proceedings.

(3) Produce released under subsection (2) shall be delivered to the consignor
at the place of detention or, if an authorised officer agrees, at such other
place within Northern Ireland as the consignor elects, and, if the consignor
fails to take delivery at such place within such reasonable period of time as
may be specified by the authorised officer, shall be sold and the proceeds,
less any expenses incurred by the Ministry or a constable in connection with
such seizure, detention or sale, shall be paid to the consignor.

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