9. Section 51 of the principal Act is hereby amended as follows :-
| (1) in subsection (1) of that section- (a) by the substitution, for the words " any police officer of a rank not below that of Inspector", of the words " any police officer irrespective of rank, or any authorized member of the Forces not below the rank of a corporal or leading seaman ", and (b) by the substitution, for the words "in paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 45 ", of the words " in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 45A " ; |
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| (2) in subsection (2) of that section by the substitution, for the words " by the officer making the seizure,", of the words " by the officer making the seizure or, where such officer is an authorized member of the Forces, by any police officer, " ; |
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| (3) in subsection (3) of that section- (a) by the substitution, in paragraph (a) thereof, for the words " upon the expiration of fourteen days after the seizure,", of the words " upon the expiration of six weeks after the seizure,", and (b) by the substitution, in paragraph (b) thereof, for the words " unless duly declared to be forfeited to Her Majesty under section 50. ", of the words " unless duly declared to be forfeited to Her Majesty or ordered to be destroyed under subsection (4). " ; |
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| (4) by the insertion, immediately after subsection (3) of that section, of the following new subsection :- " (4) Where any vehicle, vessel or other means of transport or equipment or accessories, produced before or made available for inspection by a Magistrate's Court under subsection (2), is proved to have been used in, or in connexion with, the commission of an offence under paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 45A, such court shall make order for the forfeiture to Her Majesty or for the destruction of such vehicle, vessel or other means of transport or equipment or accessories."; and |
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| (5) by the substitution, for the marginal note thereto, of the following marginal note :- |
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