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New Zealand. 2021 ‘Section 13.’ Arms Act 1983: September 2021 Reprint; Section 13. Wellington: New Zealand. 26 September
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13 Seizure of items held by licensed dealer
(1) Any member of the Police may, on being authorised to do so by warrant under the hand of the Commissioner, seize and take possession of all or any arms items and ammunition in the possession of or under the control of a licensed dealer.
(2) For the purpose of executing a warrant issued under subsection (1), the member of the Police authorised by that warrant may enter into or upon any land or building in or upon which any such arms items and ammunition may be, and in so doing may use such force as may be necessary.
(3) It is the duty of everyone executing a warrant issued under subsection (1)—
(a) to have it with him; and
(b) to produce it on initial entry and, if requested, at any subsequent time; and
(c) if he is not in uniform, to produce on initial entry and, if requested, at any subsequent time, evidence that he is a member of the Police.
(4) Subject to section 14, all arms items and ammunition seized under this section may be detained by the Police for such period as the Commissioner thinks fit, or may, in the discretion of the Minister of Police, become the property of the Crown, free and discharged from all right, title, estate, or interest possessed in respect thereof by any other person.
(5) The Minister of Finance must pay out of a Crown Bank Account compensation in respect of all arms items and ammunition seized under this section that have become the property of the Crown.
[As amended by Section 22 of the Arms Legislation Act (2020)]