Detention and Forfeiture of Tobacco.
Section 35
SEC. 35. Detention and Forfeiture of Tobacco.—Any tobacco, in respect of which in the opinion of a PVTA tobacco inspector an offense against this Decree or the regulations has been committed, may be placed under detention at the risk and expense of the owner by the PVTA tobacco inspector until such time as the owner of the tobacco complies with this Decree and the regulations and, where a person is convicted of an offense in respect of any such tobacco, the convicting court may declare such tobacco to be forfeited to the Republic of the Philippines, whereupon it may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as the court directs.