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(1) Where a police officer or vehicle examiner has reasonable cause to believe that a document produced to the police officer is a document in relation to which an offence has been committed under this Act, the police officer may seize the document.

(2) Where a document is seized under subsection (1) the person from whom it was taken shall, unless

(a) the document has been previously returned to the person, or

(b) the person has been previously charged with an offence under this Act be summoned before a court to account for the person's possession of the document.

(3) A person who obtains unlawful possession of a document seized under subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or to both.