Control of Plants Act 1993 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 8 · Miscellaneous
42. Forfeiture
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Where any person is convicted of any offence under this Act or any rules made under this Act, the court may order that any article seized under this Act or any rules made under this Act or in respect of which the offence was committed, be forfeited to the Board.
Board
“Board” means the National Parks Board established by the repealed National Parks Act as in force before 1 July 1996 and continued by section 3 of the National Parks Board Act 1996;
Where a person who is charged for an offence under this Act or any rules made under this Act is acquitted, the court may order any article seized under this Act or any rules made under this Act to be released to the person from whom the article was seized.
Where the owner of the article cannot be ascertained, the Board may confiscate the article seized.
owner
“owner”, in relation to any land, includes every lessee or tenant of the land;
Every article so forfeited to the Board must be disposed of in any manner that the Board thinks fit.