Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Forfeiture of explosives.—When a person is convicted of an offence punishable under this Act, or the rules made under this Act, the court before which he is convicted may direct that the explosive, or ingredient of the explosive, or the substance (if any) in respect of which the offence has been committed, or any part of that explosive, ingredient or substance, shall, with the receptacles containing the same, be forfeited. 1[11. Distress of aircraft or vessel.—Where the owner or Master of any aircraft or vessel is adjudged under this Act to pay a fine for any offence committed with, or in relation to, that aircraft or vessel, the. Court may, in addition to any power it may have for the purpose of compelling payment of the fine, direct it to be levied by distress and sale of,— (a) the aircraft and its furniture or so much of the furniture, or (b) the vessel and the tackle, apparel and furniture of such vessel or so much of the tackle, apparel and furniture thereof, as is necessary for the payment of the fine.]