Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

Marginal note:Sale or destruction of seized thing

• 258 (1) If a thing seized, other than a document, is not returned to its lawful owner or the person from whom it was seized, the thing shall be sold unless the costs of the sale would exceed the monetary value of the thing, in which case the thing shall be destroyed.

• Marginal note:Sale or destruction suspended

  (2) A thing seized shall not be sold or destroyed

  • (a) within the 15 days after the day on which the notification of a decision not to return it was provided; or

  • (b) before a final decision is made in any judicial proceeding in Canada affecting the seizure or the return of the thing seized.

• Marginal note:Return or disposal of documents

  (3) If a document is not returned to its lawful owner or the person from whom it was seized, the document shall be held for as long as is necessary for the administration of the laws of Canada, after which it will either be returned to the authority that issued it or disposed of in accordance with the laws of Canada.