48b. Release of seized book, etc.
Feedback & supportIf any book, account, document, computerized data, mark, signboard, card, letter, pamphlet, device or thing has been seized under this Act, the authorized officer who effected the seizure may release the book, account, document, computerized data, mark, signboard, card, letter, pamphlet, device or thing to the person that he determines to be lawfully entitled to it, if he is satisfied that the book, account, document, computerized data, mark, signboard, card, letter, pamphlet, device or thing is not otherwise required for the purpose of any proceedings under this Act, or for the purpose of any prosecution under any other written laws, and in such event the authorized officer effecting the seizure, the Government, the Registrar or any person acting on behalf of the Government or the Registrar shall not be liable to any proceedings by any person if the seizure and the release of the book, account, document, computerized data, mark, signboard, card, letter, pamphlet, device or thing had been effected in good faith.
A record in writing shall be made by the authorized officer effecting the release of anything under subsection (1)
specifying in detail the circumstances of and the reason for the release, and he shall send a copy of such record to the Public Prosecutor within seven days of the release.
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No cost or damages arising from seizure to be recoverable 48c. No person shall, in any proceedings before any court in respect of any book, account, document, computerized data, mark, signboard, card, letter, pamphlet, device or thing seized in the exercise or the purported exercise of any power conferred under this Act, be entitled to the costs of such proceedings or to any damages or other relief unless such seizure was made without reasonable cause.
Reward for information 48d. In the case of a conviction involving a fine, the court imposing the fine may, on the application of the prosecuting officer, direct the payment of any part of the fine in such proportion as the court thinks fit but in any case not exceeding one half of such fine to the person who gave the information leading to the conviction.”.