Investigators retained authority to seize eligible objects and demand their surrender. The amendment replaced the Opium Act’s older confiscation provisions with a requirement that the drugs be forfeited, as part of adapting other laws to the new criminal-procedure code.[1]
Listed for context. No score change is recorded for Suriname here.
References
- Suriname — Aanpassings- en Wijzigingsdecreet Strafvordering, Decree C-31, S.B. 1980 no. 116Republic of Suriname · 1980 · Article IV, item 71, printed/PDF p. 15; Article V, item 108, p. 23: commencement 15 November 1980.archived
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