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61. Forfeiture orders.

(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section, where a person is convicted of an offence, and -

(a) the court by or before which he is convicted is satisfied that any property which has been lawfully seized from him or which was in his possession or under his control at the time when he was apprehended for the offence or when a summons in respect of it was issued -

(i) has been used for the purpose of committing, or facilitating the commission of, any offence, or

(ii) was intended by him to be used for that purpose,

(aa) in the case of a relevant offence, the court by or before which he or she is convicted is satisfied that any property -

(i) has been used for the purpose of committing, or facilitating the commission of, any offence, or

(ii) was intended by him or her to be used for that purpose, or

or

(b) the offence, or an offence which the court has taken into consideration in determining his sentence, consists of unlawful possession of property which -

(i) has been lawful

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