Merchandise Marks Act · s 30

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30. (1) Where upon information of an offence under this
Act, a Court has issued either a sumptons requiring the defendant charged by such information· to appear to answer to the same or a warrant for the arrest of such defendant, and either the said Court on or after issuing the summons or warrant, or any other Court, is satisfied by information on oath, that there is reasonable cause to suspect that any goods or things by means of or in relation to which such offence has been committed are in any house or premises of the defendant, or otherwise in his possession or under his control in any place, such Court may issue a warrant under its hand by virtue of which any police officer named or referred to in the warrant may enter such house, premises, or place at any reasonable time by day, and search therefor and seize and take away those goods or things.
(2) Any goods or things seized under such warrant shall be brought before the Court of a Magistrate for the purpose of its being determined whether the same are or are not liable to forfeiture under this Act.
(3) If the owner of any goods or things, which would be liable to forfeiture under this Act, is unknown or cannot be found, an information or complaint may be laid for the purpose only of enforcing such forfeiture, and a Court of a
Magistrate may cause notice to be advertised stating that, unless cause is shown to the contrary at the time and place 17
Costs
Limitation
Search war-rant

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Punishment of abetment in Brunei of act done out of Brunei
Compound-ing offences

Merchandise Marks named in the notice, such goods or things will be forfeited and at such time and place the Court, unless the owner or any person on his behalf, or other person interested in the goods or things, shows cause to the contrary, may order such goods or things or any of them to be forfeited.
( 4) Any goods or things forfeited under this section, or under any other provisions of this Act, may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of, in such manner as the Court by which the same are forfeited directs.
( 5) The Court may, out of any proceeds which are realised by the disposition of such goods, all trade marks and property marks and trade descriptions being first obliterated, award to any innocent party any loss which he has innocently sustained in dealing with such goods.

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s 30

(1)

Where upon information of an offence under this

Act, a Court has issued either a sumptons requiring the defendant charged by such information· to appear to answer to the same or a warrant for the arrest of such defendant, and either the said Court on or after issuing the summons or warrant, or any other Court, is satisfied by information on oath, that there is reasonable cause to suspect that any goods or things by means of or in relation to which such offence has been committed are in any house or premises of the defendant, or otherwise in his possession or under his control in any place, such Court may issue a warrant under its hand by virtue of which any police officer named or referred to in the warrant may enter such house, premises, or place at any reasonable time by day, and search therefor and seize and take away those goods or things.

(2)

Any goods or things seized under such warrant shall be brought before the Court of a Magistrate for the purpose of its being determined whether the same are or are not liable to forfeiture under this Act.

(3)

If the owner of any goods or things, which would be liable to forfeiture under this Act, is unknown or cannot be found, an information or complaint may be laid for the purpose only of enforcing such forfeiture, and a Court of a

Magistrate may cause notice to be advertised stating that, unless cause is shown to the contrary at the time and place 17

Costs

Limitation

Search war-rant

Punishment of abetment in Brunei of act done out of Brunei

Compound-ing offences

( 4) Any goods or things forfeited under this section, or under any other provisions of this Act, may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of, in such manner as the Court by which the same are forfeited directs.

( 5) The Court may, out of any proceeds which are realised by the disposition of such goods, all trade marks and property marks and trade descriptions being first obliterated, award to any innocent party any loss which he has innocently sustained in dealing with such goods.