The custodian of lost and stolen property, under the direction of the superintendent of police, shall act as custodian of all property seized or taken by the police.
All officers and members of the department into whose possession may come any property seized or taken shall deliver the same at once to the said custodian, unless it is wanted for immediate use as evidence in any case, and in that event, a report and inventory of the same shall be forwarded at once to the said custodian.
Nothing contained in this chapter, however, shall be held to require the custodian to take possession of, or to make disposition of, any lost or stolen property the disposition or possession of which is otherwise provided for by this Code.
(Prior code § 11-16)