Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

Marginal note:Application by person from whom thing was seized

• 256 (1) If a thing was seized on the ground that it was fraudulently or improperly obtained or used, a person from whom it was seized may apply in writing within 30 days after the seizure for its return.

• Marginal note:Return of thing

  (2) The thing seized shall be returned to an applicant if the applicant demonstrates that it was not fraudulently or improperly obtained or used.

• Marginal note:Notice of decision

  (3) An applicant shall be notified in writing of the decision on the application and the reasons for it. If the applicant is notified by mail, notification is deemed to have been effected on the seventh day after the day on which the notification was mailed.