This legislation has been repealed.
(cf Act No 66 2002, section 208)
(1) If an investigator takes possession of any records under this Division for the purpose of obtaining evidence or protecting evidence from destruction, they may be retained by the investigator until the completion of any proceedings (including proceedings on appeal) in which they may be evidence.
(2) The person from whom the records are taken must be provided, within a reasonable time after the records are taken, with a copy of the records certified by an investigator as a true copy.
(3) A copy of records provided under this section is, as evidence, of equal validity to the records of which it is certified to be a copy.