Section 25
Disposal of documents or articles
of Employment Agencies Act 1958
(1)
Any document or article produced, retained or requisitioned under section 17(1)(b), (c) or (g), 21 or 23 must —
where the document or article is produced in any criminal trial, be dealt with in accordance with section 364 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010; or
in any other case —
be returned to the owner; or
if the owner is not known, be reported to a Magistrate’s Court.
(2)
Where the report of any document or article produced, retained or requisitioned under section 17(1)(b), (c) or (g), 21 or 23 is made to a Magistrate’s Court under subsection (1)(b)(ii), the Magistrate’s Court may order the document or article —
to be forfeited; or
to be disposed of in any manner that the Magistrate’s Court thinks fit.
(3)
Nothing in this section affects any right to retain or dispose of property which may exist in law apart from this section.[19G