Section 49

Where there is reason to believe that an offence under this

Ordinance has been committed by a person who is unknown or cannot be found, all property seized under section 48 in respect of the offence shall be taken possession of by a Wild Life Officer not below the rank of Chief Wild Life Warden who shall report the seizure to a

Magistrate, and the Magistrate shall deal with the property as if it were the subject of a report to him under section 413 of the Criminal

Procedure Code [Act 593].