Confiscation of vessel, vehicle etc

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Statutory text

(1) After obtaining a report regarding seizure under section 7 or section 19, the District Collector may, if he thinks fit, order confiscation of the object seized: Provided that the owner or person in custody of the same, shall be given an option to pay, in lieu of its confiscation, a sum equal to one and a half times the value of the seized articles, as may be determined by the District Collector. Provided further that the District Collector may take any action, in such manner as may be prescribed, to dispose the seized clay, sand, earth, brick, tile etc. and cause to remit the sums collected to the Fund.
(2) No order of confiscation under sub-section
(1) shall be made by the District Collector unless the owner thereof has been given an opportunity of being heard in the matter.
(3) No order of confiscation under sub-section
(1) shall be invalid merely by reason of any defect or irregularity in the notice given under sub-section (2), if the provisions have been substantially complied with.

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