Supplementary powers

Forfeiture of knives and publications
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1
If a person is convicted of an offence under section 1 in relation to a knife of a particular description, the court may make an order for forfeiture in respect of any knives of that description—
a
seized under a warrant issued under section 5; or
b
in the offender’s possession or under his control at the relevant time.
2
If a person is convicted of an offence under section 2 in relation to particular material, the court may make an order for forfeiture in respect of any publications consisting of or containing that material which—
a
have been seized under a warrant issued under section 5; or
b
were in the offender’s possession or under his control at the relevant time.
3
The court may make an order under subsection (1) or (2)—
a
whether or not it also deals with the offender in respect of the offence in any other way; and
b
without regard to any restrictions on forfeiture in any enactment.
4
In considering whether to make an order, the court must have regard—
a
to the value of the property; and
b
to the likely financial and other effects on the offender of the making of the order (taken together with any other order that the court contemplates making).
5
In this section “relevant time”—
a
in relation to a person convicted in England and Wales or Northern Ireland of an offence under section 1 or 2, means the time of his arrest for the offence or of the issue of a summons in respect of it;
b
in relation to a person so convicted in Scotland, means the time of his arrest for the offence or of his being cited as an accused in respect of it.