Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES CONVENTION ACT 1998 - SECT 11

(1)

If a court:

(a)

convicts a person of an offence against this Part; or

(b)

makes an order under section 19B of the Crimes Act 1914 in respect of a person charged with an offence against this Part;

the court may order forfeiture to the Commonwealth of any anti-personnel mine used or otherwise involved in the commission of the offence.

(2)

An anti-personnel mine ordered by a court to be forfeited under this section becomes the property of the Commonwealth and must be destroyed or permanently deactivated unless it becomes the subject of a permission under section 8.