Part VII Property in Possession of Persons Taken into Police Custody
80 Application of Part VII to property.
1
Subject to subsection (2) below, this Part of this Act applies to all the property which is found in the possession of a person, or in his charge, at the time when he is taken into police custody, that is to say, when he is arrested and taken into custody by a constable or when he is detained under section 2 of the M1Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980.
2
This Part of this Act does not apply to—
a
property which is, or is reasonably suspected by a constable to be, in the unlawful possession of a person taken into police custody;
F1b
property which the prosecutor determines is or may be required as a production in criminal proceedings or which he determines is or may be required for any other purpose relating to such proceedings;
c
property consisting of the personal clothing and effects of a person taken into police custody.