(3) Confiscated or forfeited molasses not required by the Superintendent, Government Distillery, Chitali, shall be sold to a person holding a licence for the sale of molasses under the Bombay Prohibition Act, 1949.
(4) All confiscated or forfeited mhowra flowers and molasses which are not fit for use or which cannot be sold as above shall be destroyed.
11. Destruction of articles or hemp to be in presence of responsible Officer
Whenever any confiscated or forfeited articles or hemp has to be destroyed in conformity with these regulations, it shall be destroyed.
- in Greater Bombay, at the Court premises, if it is lying in the Court premises, or at the Police Station, if it is lying there, by the Officer-in-charge of the Police Station which committed the case to the Court or by the Sub-Inspector of Police deputed by him for the purpose in the presence of a Prohibition and Excise Officer deputed by the Superintendent of Prohibition and Excise, Bombay, and
- elsewhere by the Officer-in-charge of the Police Station having custody of the articles or hemp in question or by the sub-inspector of Police deputed by him for the purpose, in the presence of a Sub-Divisional police Officer or a local Revenue Officer not lower in rank than an Aval Karkun or a Revenue Officer of corresponding status.
12. Other Articles
- All confiscated or forfeited articles other than those dealt with in the preceding regulations shall, unless otherwise directed by the Commissioner in any particular case, be put up to auction and sold to the highest bidder; but if there is no bid they shall be destroyed.
- Stills, and all implements and apparatus for the manufacture of liquor or intoxicating drugs shall be broken up or otherwise rendered useless for such manufacture before being offered for sale.
- Confiscated or forfeited utensils and such other articles of metal shall, if the Commissioner so orders, be broken up and rendered useless before they are offered for sale.
- Articles are not likely to fetch any value or which are capable of being used in the manufacture of liquor or intoxicating drug or for any unlawful purpose, shall except in Greater Bombay, be broken up and sold as scrap at the Courts premises if they are lying in the Court or at the Police Station if they are lying there by the Officer-in-Charge of the Police Station having the custody of the articles or by the sub-inspector of Police deputed by him for purpose in the presence of a sub-Divisional Police Officer or a local Revenue Officer not lower in rank than an Aval Karkun or a Revenue Officer of corresponding status.
13. Disposal to be deferred till period of appeal has expired except in certain cases
The sale or other disposal of confiscated or forfeited articles shall be deferred till the period of appeal against the order of the Court, Commissioner, Collector or any other officer ordering confiscation or forfeiture has expired or if an appeal is made against such orders till the appeal be finally disposed of:
Provided that —
- in the case of any confiscated animal, the sale shall not be so deferred unless the owner thereof deposits with the Collector such sum as that Officer deems to be sufficient for the keeping of such animal till the end of the period required for preferring an appeal or till the disposal of such appeal, as the case may be.