Section 51: Powers of seizure

51. Powers of seizure (1) Where any person is arrested either in pursuance of a warrant for his arrest or of the powers conferred by section 57, any police officer or customs officer may seize and detain any plant or substance reasonably suspected by him to be a dangerous drug and found in the possession of the arrested person or in such circumstances that it may reasonably be inferred that the arrested person was in possession of it shortly before his arrest. (2) The powers of seizure and detention conferred by subsection (1) shall also extend to any materials, equipment, devices and other movables fit and intended for use in connection with the commission of the offence for which the person is arrested or reasonably suspected of having been used in its commission and which may be found in the possession of the arrested person or in the circumstances mentioned in that subsection. (3) Any dangerous drug seized in pursuance of this subsection shall be dealt with in accordance with section 58.