LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 3.48

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 3.48

3.48 .         Impounding expenses, recovery of

                If goods are removed and impounded under section 3.39 and the alleged offender is convicted, the local government may, by action in a court of competent jurisdiction, recover from the alleged offender —

            (a)         if the goods are not sold under section 3.47, the expenses incurred by the local government in removing and impounding them and in disposing of them if they are disposed of under section 3.47; and

            (b)         if the goods are confiscated and sold under section 3.47, the amount, if any, by which the money received from the sale and credited to the municipal fund under section 3.47(6) is insufficient to meet expenses incurred by the local government in removing, impounding, and selling them; and

            (c)         if the goods are not confiscated but are sold under section 3.47, the amount, if any, by which the money received from the sale is insufficient to meet the costs and expenses referred to in section 3.47(4) or (5), as the case requires.

        [Section 3.48 amended: No. 64 of 1998 s. 13.]

[ 3.49.         Deleted: No. 64 of 1998 s. 14(1).]