48.2. The owner or the person who had possession of the thing seized under section 48.1 shall have custody of it. The inspector may, however, if he considers it advisable, remove the thing seized to other premises for 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 48.3, 48.4, 48.5, 48.7, 48.8 or 48.9 or, if proceedings are instituted, until the judge decides by judgment.
1987, c. 61, s. 4; 1992, c. 61, s. 458.