(1) A person who is in possession of property forfeited to the State under
this Act or documents of title to forfeited property must give the property or
documents of title to a person authorised by the Attorney-General on the
authorised person’s demand.
(2) A person who gives property or documents of
title to property to an authorised person under subsection (1) is discharged
from any duty or obligation to anyone else for the disposal of the property or
documents of title and from all liability that, apart from this subsection,
might have arisen because of the giving of the property or documents of title.
(3) The registrar of titles and anybody else who is required or permitted to
keep a register about dealings with property must, if asked and given
sufficient evidence of the forfeiture of property to the State under this Act,
make in the register the entries necessary to record—
(a) the forfeiture to
and vesting in the State of the property; or
(b) if the Attorney-General
directs—the public trustee as the holder of the property on trust for the
State.
(4) Subsection (3) applies—
(a) despite any other Act; and
(b) even
if the relevant document of title is not produced.
