405Suspension of order, &c.: Revesting property on conviction

405 Suspension of order, &c.: Revesting property on conviction

(1)  The operation of any order for the restitution of any property, or for the payment of compensation to an aggrieved person, made by the court of trial, and the operation of the provisions of section 29 (1) of the Sale of Goods Act 1896 , as to the revesting of the property in stolen goods on conviction, shall (unless the court of trial directs to the contrary in any case in which in its opinion the title to the property is not in dispute) be suspended –

(a) until the expiration of the time provided for appealing to the Court; and

(b) where notice of appeal or of application for leave to appeal is given within the time provided, until the determination of the appeal or refusal of the application –

and in cases where the operation of any such order or the operation of the said provisions is suspended until the determination of the appeal, the order or provisions, as the case may be, shall not take effect as to the property in question if the conviction is quashed on appeal, except by the special order of the Court.

(2)  The Court may, by order, annul or vary any order made on a trial for the restitution of any property to any person, although the conviction is not quashed; and such order, if annulled, shall not take effect, and, if varied, shall take effect as so varied.

(3)  The judge of the court of trial may give directions for the safe custody of any such property pending the suspension of any such order or of such provisions.