84. Forfeiture of property seized under this Order where there is no prosecution, or no proceedings or no claim thereto

( 1)

Where any property has been seized under this Order, and

(a}

no prosecution for any offence under any law is instituted with regard to such property;

no proceedings are commenced by the Public Prosecutor; and

no claim in writing is made by any person that he is lawfully entitled to such property and that it is not liable to forfeiture under this

Where within 3 months from the date of the seizure of any property under this Order, a claim in writing is made thereto by any person mentioned in subsection (1)(c}, the Public Prosecutor shall within 14 days after the expiry of the said period of 3 months, refer such claim to the High Court for its decision.

The High Court to which a claim is referred under subsection {2) shall issue a summons requiring the person claiming that he is lawfully entitled to the property, and the person from whom it was seized, if he and his whereabouts are known, to appear before the Court and upon such appearance or in default of such appearance, upon due service of such summons being proved, the High

Where property has been forfeited under subsection (1), it shall not be a bar to any prosecution for an offence under any law being instituted in respect of such property at any time thereafter.