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MARITIME ARCHAEOLOGY ACT 1973 - SECT 12

12 .         Forfeiture

        (1)         A court convicting a person of an offence against section 8 or section 9 may, in addition to imposing a penalty, order the forfeiture to the Crown of any vessel, vehicle, or other specified equipment or thing, used in the commission of the offence, and any order so made has effect according to its tenor.

        (2)         The court may, before making an order under this section, require notice to be given to, and hear, such persons as the court thinks fit.

        (3)         Goods in respect of which an order is made under this section shall be dealt with as the Attorney General directs and, pending his direction, may be detained in such custody as the court directs.



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