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Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995
228Forfeiture if owner is not found
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### 228 Forfeiture if owner is not found
> > (1) If the owner of anything seized under this Act cannot be found at the time of the seizure, the Secretary, by notice in the *Gazette*, is to notify that the Secretary has possession of it.
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> > (2) If within 6 weeks after the date of notice the owner is not found, the Secretary may determine that the thing to which the notice relates is forfeited to the Crown.
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> > (3) Forfeiture takes effect on the date determined by the Secretary.