# Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982, Section 80: Application of Part VII to property.

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(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, this Part of this Act applies to all the property which is found in the possession of a person, or in his charge, at the time when he is taken into police custody, that is to say, when he is arrested by a constable.
(2) This Part of this Act does not apply to—
(a) property which is, or is reasonably suspected by a constable to be, in the unlawful possession of a person taken into police custody;
(b) property which the prosecutor determines is or may be required as a production in criminal proceedings or which he determines is or may be required for any other purpose relating to such proceedings;
(c) property consisting of the personal clothing and effects of a person taken into police custody.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/45/section/80 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civic-government-scotland-act-1982/section-80
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