Manner of giving notice prescribed (Act s. 92D)
35 Manner of giving notice prescribed (Act s. 92D)
If —
a thing has been seized under the Act; and
a person to whom the thing can be returned under section 92C of the Act cannot be found,
the Chief Executive Officer is to give notice that the thing is being held by the Department and may be claimed by its owner by publishing a notice once in a newspaper circulating throughout the State —
setting out a description of the thing seized; and
stating the place where the thing was seized; and
stating the place where the thing may be claimed; and
setting out the manner in which ownership of the thing may be proved; and
to the effect that if, after the expiration of 3 months from the day on which the notice has been given in the newspaper, the thing has not been claimed by its owner, the thing is forfeited to the Crown.
[Regulation 35 inserted: Gazette 11 Dec 1998 p. 6602.]
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