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145Sale or disposal of recreational vessel subject to forfeiture order
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145 Sale or disposal of recreational vessel subject to forfeiture order
(1) The Chief Commissioner of Police may sell, by public auction or tender, or otherwise dispose of, a recreational vessel that is the subject of a forfeiture order, and any uncollected item or thing left in or on the recreational vessel, once the forfeiture order takes effect in accordance with section 129(1) .
(2) The Chief Commissioner of Police must not sell or dispose of an item or thing left in or on a recreational vessel that is the subject of a forfeiture order unless all reasonable efforts have been made to return the item or thing to the person who has ownership of that item or thing.
S. 145(3) inserted by No. 25/2025 s. 57.
(3) A person to whom the Chief Commissioner of Police gives or sells a recreational vessel or any item or thing left in or on the recreational vessel under subsection (1) obtains good title to that vessel, item or thing.