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| (1) Any person who acts in contravention of the provisions of section 14 shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall on conviction, after summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable in the case of a first offence, to a fine not less than five hundred rupees and not exceeding twenty-five thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description to a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment, and in the case of a second or subsequent offence, a fine of not less than one thousand rupees and not exceeding fifty thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding two years or to both such fine and imprisonment, |
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| (2) Upon the conviction of any person of an offence under subsection (1), the Magistrate may make order declaring that any vessel, craft, boat, vehicle, equipment or machinery used in, or in connection with, the commission of that offence together with any article or substance found on board such vessel, craft, boat or vehicle shall be forfeited. Upon such order, the property referred to in the order shall vest absolutely in the State. Such vesting shall take effect"
| | (a) after the expiration of the period within which an appeal may be preferred to the Court of Appeal against the order of forfeiture ; or | | |
| | (b) where an appeal has been prefered to the Court of Appeal against the order of forfeiture, upon the determination of the appeal confirming or upholding the order of forfeiture : | | |
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