Acts and Regulations

C-38.1 - Crown Lands and Forests Act

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Powers of forest service officers
56.41(1)If a forest service officer is authorized to act under section 56.4 because of the remoteness of the Crown Lands, the forest service officer may seize timber which he or she discovers in plain view if he or she has reasonable and probable grounds to believe that an offence under this Act or the regulations has been committed in respect of the timber.
56.41(2)If a forest service officer is authorized to act under section 56.4 because of the remoteness of the Crown Lands, the forest service officer may seize any vehicle, equipment or other property not belonging to the Crown which he or she discovers in plain view if
(a) he or she has reasonable and probable grounds to believe that it has been used to assist any person in the commission of an offence under this Act or the regulations, or
(b) he or she finds anything in it in respect of which he or she has reasonable and probable grounds to believe that an offence under this Act or the regulations has been committed.
56.41(3)A forest service officer acting under the immediate supervision of a conservation officer may seize anything which the forest service officer discovers in plain view in respect of which he or she has reasonable and probable grounds to believe an offence this Act or the regulations has been committed.
56.41(4)When a conservation officer is carrying out a lawful search under this Act or the Provincial Offences Procedure Act, a forest service 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.
2013, c.39, s.8