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Ports Management Act 2015
48Forfeiture of dangerous goods
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48 Forfeiture of dangerous goods
(1) This section applies if a person is found guilty by a court of an
offence against section 47(4).
(2) The court may order the dangerous goods in respect of which the
offence was committed:
(a) to be forfeited to the Territory; or
(b) to be destroyed.
(3) The court may order the forfeiture or destruction of the dangerous
goods despite:
(a) them not belonging to the person found guilty; or
(b) their owner having no knowledge of the proceeding.
(4) The Competent Authority may recover from the person found guilty,
as a debt due and payable to the Territory, the costs incurred by it
in relation to the forfeiture or destruction of the dangerous goods.