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Act index » Part III - Procedure and punishment » Division 1 - Pleading procedure, proof &c. » Subdivision (31) - Search warrants for and seizure of things
465AAD The Magistrates' Court may summon a police officer to give evidence about a report
(1)After a report about a warrant is filed or lodged at a venue of the Magistrates' Court under section 465AAC(2), the Magistrates' Court may issue a summons to the police officer who signed the report to give evidence on the matters contained in the report.
(2)The summons must include the venue of the Magistrates' Court and the date and time at which the police officer is to appear before the Magistrates' Court to give evidence.
(3)The Magistrates' Court may direct that any thing seized under a warrant, to which the report relates, is to be returned to its owner, subject to any condition that the Magistrates' Court thinks fit, if in the opinion of the Magistrates' Court it can be returned consistently with the interests of justice.