Section 26
Release of timber, etc., seized
of Forest Timber Enactment 2015
(1)
If any timber or the proceeds of sale of the timber, or any conveyance, machinery, contrivance, equipment, book, record, document, computerized data or other thing has been seized under this Enactment, the enforcement officer who effected the
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seizure, may at any time after that release the timber or the proceeds of sale of the timber, or any conveyance, machinery, contrivance, equipment, book, record, document, computerized data or other thing to the person as he determines to be lawfully entitled to it, if the timber or the proceeds of sale of the timber, conveyance, machinery, contrivance, equipment, book, record, document, computerized data or other thing is not liable to forfeiture under this Enactment, and is not otherwise required for the purpose of any proceedings under this Enactment or any regulations made under this Enactment, or for the purpose of any prosecution under any other written law, and in such event neither the enforcement officer effecting the seizure, nor the Government shall be liable to any proceedings by any person if the seizure and the release of timber or the proceeds of sale of the timber, or any conveyance, machinery, contrivance, equipment, book, record, document, computerized data or other thing had been effected in good faith.
(2)
A record in writing shall be made by the enforcement officer effecting the release of the timber or the proceeds of sale of the timber, or any conveyance, machinery, contrivance, equipment, book, record, document, computerized data or other thing released under subsection (1) specifying in detail the circumstances of and the reason for the release.