XCII Disposal of forfeited Articles.U.K.
In all Cases where it is provided by this Act that any Article, Matter, or Thing may be seized and forfeited, it shall be lawful for any Water Bailiff, Constable, or other Person acting in the Execution of this Act to seize and take such Article, Matter, or Thing, and to keep the same in his Custody and Possession until the Person from whom the same is taken is brought before the Sheriff or Justice; and where any such Article, Matter, or Thing shall be adjudged by the Sheriff or Justice to be forfeited under the Provisions of this Act, it shall be lawful for such Sheriff or Justice to direct such Article, Matter, or Thing to be destroyed or to be sold and disposed of as he or they may think fit, and the Proceeds of any such Sale shall be paid to the Commissioners or their Clerk or Treasurer or other Person authorized by them to receive the same, and shall be applied for the Purposes of this Act in the same Manner as the Rates hereby authorized to be levied.