s 68 Seizure of animal, bird, carcass or article
(1) When any veterinary authority or police officer has reason to believe that any offence against this Act has been or is being committed or when any officer of customs has reason to believe that an offence against this Act relating to importation or exportation has been or is being committed such veterinary authority, officer of customs or police officer may seize any animal, bird, carcass, conveyance or article the subject matter of such offence and may remove such animal, bird, carcass, conveyance or article to any pound, enclosure or other place selected by a veterinary authority and there detain it. (2) Whenever any animal, bird, carcass, conveyance or article shall have been seized and detained under subsection (1) the veterinary authority, officer of customs or police officer shall report the same to a Magistrate and the Magistrate may make such order for the further detention or release of the animal, bird, carcass, conveyance or article as he may think fit. (2A) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act where a Magistrate is not immediately available and the carcass or article seized is subject to speedy and natural decay the veterinary authority, officer of customs or police officer may destroy, sell or otherwise dispose of the property as he thinks fit. (3) The owner of such animal, bird, carcass, conveyance or article shall pay such sum as the Magistrate may consider reasonable to cover the expenses connected with its removal to a place of detention and unless such sum is paid within a specified time such animal, bird, carcass, conveyance or article shall be forfeited.