Issue of show cause notice before confiscation under section 49-A

(1) No order confiscating any scheduled timber or tools, ropes, chains, boats, vehicles or cattle shall be made under section 49-A, except after notice in writing to the person from whom it is seized informing him o fine grounds on which it is proposed to confiscate it and considering his objections if any:

Provided that no order confiscating a motor vehicle shall be made except after giving notice in writing to the registered owner thereof, if in the opinion the authorized officer, it is practicable to do so and considering his objection, if any.

(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), no order confiscating any tool, rope, chain, boat, vehicle or cattle shall be made under section 49-A if the owner of the tool, rope, chain, boat, vehicle or cattle proves to the satisfaction of the authorized officer that it was used in carrying scheduled timber without the knowledge or connivance of the owner himself, his agent, if any, and the person in charge of the tool, rope, chain but, vehicle or cattle and that each of them, had taken all reasonable and necessary precautions against such use.