Hong Kong Ordinances

PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS ORDINANCE - SECT 43

Disposal of forfeited things, etc.

(1) The Director may sell, or dispose of in any other way, any thing that is
seized under section 34(1) and forfeited to the Government under this Part in
such manner as he thinks fit.

(2) The proceeds of sale of any thing sold under subsection (1) shall be paid
into the general revenue.

(3) Any person who considers himself aggrieved by the sale or disposal of any
thing that was ordered to be forfeited to the Government under section 42(4)
may complain to the court or magistrate within 6 months of the sale or
disposal.

(4) On a complaint under subsection (3), the court or magistrate may, if
satisfied as to the title of the complainant to the thing concerned, order
that such sum by way of compensation be paid to the complainant as it may
consider just.