thing for safe custody until a court of law has made a ruling on the question whether the information is privileged or not. (b) If that information is held not to be privileged, the document or thing concerned shall be available for inspection and testing or analysis under subsection (12). (11) Subject to subsections (12) to (15), any document or thing seized under this section shall be disposed of in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act 51 of 1977), as if it has been seized in terms of that Act. (12) Subject to subsection (10), a document or thing seized under this section shall- (13) (a) be open for inspection by any interested person during normal office hours; (b) on request of any interested person, be made available for testing or analysis, if the person in whose custody the document or thing is kept or any inspector is satisfied, after taking into account the nature of the document or thing and of the testing or analysis, the purpose of the testing or analysis and the suitability of the person by whom the testing or analysis is to be conducted, that the request is reasonable. (a) If criminal proceedings are not instituted in connection with a document or thing seized under this section within a reasonable time after the seizure or, if it appears that the document or thing is not required in criminal proceedings for the purposes of evidence or an order of court, it shall- (b) (14) (i) subject to paragraph (b), be returned to the person from whom it was seized or, if that person may not lawfully possess it, to the person who may lawfully possess it; or (ii) be released from the safeguarding on or in the relevant premises, as the case may be. The person in whose custody the document or thing is kept, shall 72 hours before the return notify every complainant (if any) in respect of the alleged offence to which the document or thing relates of the intended return of the document or thing. In criminal proceedings in connection with a document or thing seized under this section, the court concerned may, without limiting any other powers of the court, order that(a) if the document or thing is the subject of an offence in terms of this Act, it be destroyed; (b) the document or thing be released to a specified person.