Arrest by an assistant conservation officer
25(1)Every assistant conservation officer who would, if he or she were a conservation officer, be authorized, because of the remoteness of the lands and waters under his charge, to act under section 21.2 and who has reasonable and probable grounds to believe that
(a)
any fish or wildlife was taken or killed by illegal means or in an illegal manner, or at a time when the taking and killing of such fish or wildlife is prohibited by lawful authority,
(b)
any firearm, silencer, trap, snare, net, seine, rod, creel, light, vehicle, aircraft, boat, skiff, canoe or vessel of any description, material, implement or appliance
(i)
was used by a person,
(ii)
was in the possession of a person, or
(iii)
has been used by or is in the possession of a person,
in violation of this Act or the regulations, or
(c)
a vehicle, aircraft, boat, skiff, canoe or vessel has knowingly been used as a means of transportation to assist any person in the commission of an offence under this Act or the regulations,
may, within the limits of the waters and lands under his charge, seize any fish, wildlife or other thing referred to in this subsection, which he discovers in plain view.
25(2)An assistant conservation officer acting under the immediate supervision of a conservation officer may seize anything which the assistant conservation officer discovers in plain view in respect of which he or she has reasonable and probable grounds to believe an offence under this Act or the regulations has been committed.
25(3)Where a conservation officer is carrying out a lawful search under this Act or the
Provincial Offences Procedure Act, an assistant conservation officer while accompanied by and acting under the immediate supervision of the conservation officer may, on the direction of the conservation officer, assist him or her in carrying out the search and any seizure that may result from the search.
1983, c.33, s.7; 1985, c.42, s.8; 1990, c.22, s.15; 1997, c.1, s.4; 2004, c.12, s.21