Criminal Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46)

Marginal note:Seizure of things not specified

• 489 (1) Every person who executes a warrant may seize, in addition to the things mentioned in the warrant, any thing that the person believes on reasonable grounds

  • (a) has been obtained by the commission of an offence against this or any other Act of Parliament;

  • (b) has been used in the commission of an offence against this or any other Act of Parliament; or

  • (c) will afford evidence in respect of an offence against this or any other Act of Parliament.

• Marginal note:Seizure without warrant

  (2) Every peace officer, and every public officer who has been appointed or designated to administer or enforce any federal or provincial law and whose duties include the enforcement of this or any other Act of Parliament, who is lawfully present in a place pursuant to a warrant or otherwise in the execution of duties may, without a warrant, seize any thing that the officer believes on reasonable grounds

  • (a) has been obtained by the commission of an offence against this or any other Act of Parliament;

  • (b) has been used in the commission of an offence against this or any other Act of Parliament; or

  • (c) will afford evidence in respect of an offence against this or any other Act of Parliament.