TRANSPORT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967

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TRANSPORT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967 - SECT 39



39.(1) If an inspector appointed under this Part has reasonable cause to
believe that a document produced to him in pursuance of this Part is a
document in relation to which an offence has been committed under section 34
or 35, he may seize the document.

(2) Where a document is seized under subsection (1), the person from whom it
was seized shall, unless the document has been previously returned to him or
he has been previously charged with an offence in relation thereto under
either of the sections referred to in subsection (1), be summoned before a
court of summary jurisdiction to account for his possession of the document
and the court shall make such order respecting the disposal of the said
document and award such costs as the justice of the case may require.

(3) If an inspector appointed under this Part has reasonable cause to believe
that a document or mark carried on a motor vehicle, or by the driver thereof,
is a document or mark in respect of which an offence has been committed under

(a)section 34, in relation to any notice or distinguishing mark prescribed
under section 26; or

(b)section 34 or 35, in relation to a vehicle licence;

(4) Where a document or mark is seized under subsection (3), either the owner
or driver of the vehicle shall, if the document or mark is still detained and
neither of them has been charged with an offence in relation thereto under
either of the sections referred to in subsection (3), be summoned before a
court of summary jurisdiction to account for his possession of, or the
presence on the vehicle of, the said document or mark, and the court shall
make such order respecting the disposal of the said document or mark and award
such costs as the justice of the case may require.

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TRANSPORT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967 - SECT 39