Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act

Marginal note:Abandoned or lost property

24 Where it appears to the Commissioner

• (a) that any personal property that has, in the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut, come into the hands of any member in the course of the member’s duties has been abandoned by the owner thereof or the person entitled thereto, or

• (b) that a reasonable attempt has been made to find the owner of or person entitled to any personal property that has, in the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut, come into the hands of any member in the course of the member’s duties, but the owner or person cannot be found,

the Commissioner may make such disposition of the property as the Commissioner in the circumstances deems fit, but the proceeds, if any, from the sale or other disposition of the property, and any such property consisting of money, shall be paid into the Consolidated Revenue Fund.