Tobacco and Vaping Products Act

Marginal note:Forfeiture

• 41 (1) If no application has been made under subsection 40(1) for the restoration of a thing or conveyance seized under this Act within 60 days after the date of the seizure, or an application has been made but on the hearing of the application no order of restoration is made, the thing or conveyance is forfeited to Her Majesty in right of Canada.

• Marginal note:Forfeiture on conviction

  (2) If a person has been convicted of an offence under this Act, any thing or conveyance seized under this Act by means of or in respect of which the offence was committed is forfeited to Her Majesty in right of Canada.

• Marginal note:Forfeiture with consent

  (3) If an inspector has seized a thing or conveyance and the owner or the person in whose possession it was at the time of seizure consents in writing to its forfeiture, the thing or conveyance is forfeited to Her Majesty in right of Canada.

• Marginal note:Disposal

  (4) A seized thing or conveyance that is forfeited may be disposed of, as the Minister directs, at the expense of its owner or the person who was entitled to possess it at the time of its seizure.