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(3)
Save as provided in subsection (2), the magistrate
hearing the application shall, at the conclusion of the
proceedings, order that the amount of the money paid into
court under subsection (1) shall be repaid to the person
who paid it into court.
Claims for return of forfeited vehicles, ships or money.
45. (1) The owner of any vehicle or ship forfeited
to the Crown under section 42 or 43 or his agent or the
person by whom money forfeited to the Crown under section
44 was paid into court may within six weeks after
(a) the vehicle, ship or money was forfeited to the
Crown; or
(b) the determination of any appeal against an order
for its forfeiture made by a magistrate under
section 43 or 44,
give notice in writing to the Director of his intention to
submit to the Governor a moral claim in respect of the
forfeited vehicle, ship or money.
(2) Where the owner of a forfeited vehicle or ship or
the person by whom forfeited money was paid into court has
given notice in writing to the Director under subsection (1)
and has submitted a moral claim to the Governor by lodging
it with the Colonial Secretary within one month from the
date of such notice, the Governor may
(a) order the return of the forfeited vehicle or
vessel to the owner or agent or the return of the
forfeited money to the person by whom it was paid
into court, as the case may be; or
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