in paragraph (a) by adding "or returned" after "released".
(3) Section 13 is amended by adding after subsection (2)
"(2A) Where any scheduled species or controlled medicine
has been seized under section 11(5) (a) but no prosecution for an
offence under section 4, 5, 6, 9 or 10 has been brought in
respect of the scheduled species or controlled medicine so
seized for whatever reason, the Director or authorized officer
may apply to the court for an order in respect thereof and the
court may order the scheduled species or controlled medicine and
any other article seized under section 11(5)(b), (c) or (d)
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(a)
to be released or returned to the person from whom it
or they were seized or to the owner thereof; or
(b) to be forfeited to the Crown."
(4) Section 13(3) is amended
(a)
by adding "or the medicine, as the case may be, seized
under section 11(5)(a)" after "plant"; and
(b)
in paragraph (a) by adding "or returned" after "released".
(5) Section 13(4) is repealed and the following substituted
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