Excise Act 1901

PART IX - OFFICERS  

Division 1A - Search and seizure  

Subdivision F - Dealing with forfeited goods seized under a seizure warrant or section 9 of the Crimes Act 1914  

SECTION 107FB   REQUIREMENT TO SERVE SEIZURE NOTICES  

107FB(1)    
After goods have been seized under a seizure warrant or section 9 of the Crimes Act 1914 , the officer in charge of the investigation must serve, within 7 days after the seizure, a seizure notice on:

(a) the owner of the goods; or

(b) if the owner cannot be identified after reasonable inquiry - the person in whose possession or under whose control the goods were when they were seized.

107FB(2)    
Subsection (1) applies whether or not a claim for the return of the goods seized has been made under section 107FD .

107FB(3)    
The notice must be in writing and must be served:

(a) personally or by post; or

(b) if no person of the kind referred to in subsection (1) can be identified after reasonable inquiry - by publishing a copy of the notice in a newspaper circulating in the location in which the goods were seized.

107FB(4)    
A seizure notice may be served on a person who is outside Australia.