| Power to seize goods liable to forfeiture. |
199. (1) An officer or police officer may seize an aircraft, vessel, vehicle, goods, animal or other thing liable to forfeiture under this Act or which he has reasonable grounds to believe is liable to forfeiture; and any such aircraft, vessel, vehicle, goods, animal or other thing may be seized whether or not a prosecution for an offence under this Act which rendered it liable to forfeiture has been, or will be, taken.
(2) An aircraft, vessel, vehicle, goods, animal or other thing seized and detained under this Act shall be taken to a customs warehouse or to such other place of security as the proper officer may consider appropriate.
(3) The Commissioner may, at any time prior to the commencement of proceedings under this Act relating to an aircraft, vessel, vehicle, goods, animal or other thing which has been seized under this Act, release it and return it to the person from whom it was seized, if he is satisfied that it was not liable to seizure.
(4) No officer shall be liable to legal proceedings for any action taken in good faith in accordance with this section. |
