33.2. The owner or person who had possession of the thing seized shall have custody of the thing. Every authorized person may, however, if he considers it advisable, remove it to other premises for purposes of safekeeping. In addition, the custodian shall have custody of the things seized and submitted in evidence, unless the judge to whom they were submitted in evidence decides otherwise.
The thing seized shall be detained until a decision is made under section 33.1.2, 33.1.3, 33.2.1, 33.3, 33.4, 33.4.1, 33.5, 33.7, 33.8 or 33.9 or, if proceedings are instituted, until a judge has decided by judgment.
1986, c. 95, s. 240; 1992, c. 61, s. 449; 1997, c. 68, s. 3; 2000, c. 26, s. 23.