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(1)If any person is found in possession of any deer in circumstances which afford reasonable ground for suspecting that he has obtained possession of the deer as a result of his committing an offence against any of the provisions of Part II or of any order made thereunder or of sections twenty-two to twenty-four of this Act, that person may be charged with unlawful possession as aforesaid of such deer.
(2)If any person is found in possession of any firearm or ammunition in circumstances which afford reasonable ground for suspecting that he has used the firearm or ammunition for the purpose of committing an offence against any of the provisions of sections twenty-two to twenty-four of this Act, that person may be charged with unlawful possession as aforesaid of such firearm or ammunition.
(3)Where the court is satisfied that a person charged under either or both of the two last foregoing subsections obtained possession of the deer as a result of his committing an offence against any of the provisions of Part II or of any order made thereunder or of sections twenty-two to twenty-four of this Act, or, as the case may be, that he has used any firearm or ammunition for the purpose of committing an offence against any of the provisions of the said sections twenty-two to twenty-four, that person may be convicted of unlawful possession as aforesaid and dealt with in like manner as if he had been convicted of the said offence.
(4)It shall be lawful to convict a person charged under this section on the evidence of one witness.
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