New Zealand Legislation: Acts

9 Seizure, forfeiture, and deactivation or destruction of anti-personnel mines

• An anti-personnel mine in respect of which an offence against section 7(2) has been committed—

  • (a) May be seized without warrant by an officer; and

  • (b) If not owned by the Crown, is forfeit to the Crown; and

  • (c) Must either be—

    • (i) Authorised under section 11; or

    • (ii) Deactivated or destroyed by an officer and, pending deactivation or destruction, be retained as the Minister thinks fit.

  Compare: Anti-Personnel Mines Convention Implementation Act 1997 (Canada), ch 33, ss 8, 9; 1996 No 37 s 7