80Application 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 [1980 c. 62.] Criminal 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 ;
(b)property which is or may be required as a production in criminal proceedings or which is or may be required by the police for any other purpose relating to criminal proceedings; or
(c)property consisting of the personal clothing and effects of a person taken into police custody.