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(3) Nothing seized on the ground that it may be used—
 * (a) to cause physical injury to any person;
 * (b) to damage property;
 * (c) to interfere with evidence; or
 * (d) to assist in escape from police detention or lawful custody,

may be retained when the person from whom it was seized is no longer in police detention or the custody of a court or is in the custody of a court but has been released on bail.

(4) Nothing may be retained for either of the purposes mentioned in subsection (2)(a) above if a photograph or copy would be sufficient for that purpose.

(5) Nothing in this section affects any power of a court to make an order under section 1 of the Police (Property) Act 1897. Supplementary

23. In this Act—
 * “premises” includes any place and, in particular, includes—
 * (a) any vehicle, vessel, aircraft or hovercraft ;
 * (b) any offshore installation; and
 * (c) any tent or movable structure; and
 * “offshore installation” has the meaning given to it by section 1 of the Mineral Workings (Offshore Installations) Act 1971.

  

24.—(1) The powers of summary arrest conferred by the following subsections shall apply—
 * (a) to offences for which the sentence is fixed by law;
 * (b) to offences for which a person of 21 years of age or over (not previously convicted) may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of five years (or might be so sentenced but for the restrictions imposed by section 33 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980); and
 * (c) to the offences to which subsection (2) below applies,

and in this Act “arrestable offence” means any such offence. 