Tobacco and Vaping Products Act

Marginal note:Seizure

• 39 (1) An inspector may seize any thing — including a tobacco product or vaping product — found in a place referred to in subsection 35(1), or a conveyance referred to in that subsection, that they have reasonable grounds to believe was used in the contravention of this Act or is something in relation to which the Act was contravened.

• Marginal note:Storage

  (2) An inspector who seizes a thing or a conveyance may

  • (a) on notice to and at the expense of its owner or the person having possession, care or control of it at the time of its seizure, store it or move it; or

  • (b) order its owner or the person having possession, care or control of it at the time of its seizure to, at their expense, store it or move it.

• Marginal note:Interference

  (3) Unless authorized by an inspector, no person shall remove, alter or interfere in any way with any thing or conveyance seized.