120.3. A functionary contemplated in section 120.1 shall be responsible for the custody of everything he seizes until a judge declares it confiscated or orders it returned to its owner. In addition, the functionary shall have custody of the things seized and submitted in evidence, unless the judge to whom they were submitted in evidence decides otherwise.
However, the Minister may authorize the functionary to entrust the offender with the custody of the object of the seizure, and the offender must accept custody of it until a judge declares it confiscated or orders it returned to its owner.
1978, c. 64, s. 47; 1988, c. 49, s. 32; 1992, c. 61, s. 502.