CONFISCATION ACT 1997 - SECT 96 Disposal of livestock or perishable property

CONFISCATION ACT 1997 - SECT 96

    (1)     If property seized under a warrant is livestock or property of a perishable nature, a prescribed person authorised by the Minister for the purposes of this section may sell the property at any time after it has been seized without notice to the person from whose possession it was seized or any person who has an interest in the property if in the opinion of the prescribed person it is necessary to sell the property to realise its value.

    (2)     The prescribed person must give written notice of the sale, in the prescribed manner, to—

        (a)     the person from whose possession the property was seized; and

        (b)     any person whom the prescribed person has reason to believe has an interest in the property—

within 14 days after that sale.

    (3)     The proceeds of sale must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

    (4)     Section 97 applies to the proceeds of sale as if they were the property seized under the warrant.