Warrants to Seize Explosives
| This page was last substantively updated or reviewed December 2022. (Rev. # 96001) |
Legislation
- Seizure of explosives
492 (1) Every person who executes a warrant issued under section 487 [territorial search warrants] may seize any explosive substance that they suspect is intended to be used for an unlawful purpose, and shall, as soon as possible, remove to a place of safety anything that they seize under this section and detain it until they are ordered by a judge of a superior court to deliver it to some other person or an order is made under subsection (2) [forfeiture of explosives while executing search warrant].
- Forfeiture
(2) Where an accused is convicted of an offence in respect of anything seized by virtue of subsection (1) [seizure of explosives while executing search warrant], it is forfeited and shall be dealt with as the court that makes the conviction may direct.
- Application of proceeds
(3) Where anything to which this section applies is sold, the proceeds of the sale shall be paid to the Attorney General.
R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 492; R.S., 1985, c. 27 (1st Supp.), s. 70; 2022, c. 17, s. 27.
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