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201. Effect of conviction, etc., on things liable to forfeiture.
Procedure on seizure. Procedure after notice of claim.
Effects of conviction, etc., on things liable to forfeiture  201. (1) Where a person is prosecuted for an offence under this Act and any thing is liable to forfeiture by reason of the commission of that offence, the conviction of that person of that offence shall, without further order, have effect as the condemnation of that thing.

(2) Where a person is prosecuted for an offence under this Act and anything is liable to forfeiture by reason of the commission of that offence, then, on the acquittal of that person, the court may order that thing either -

(a) to be released to the person from whom it was seized or to the owner thereof; or

(b) to be condemned.

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