25. Forfeiture of ship, hovercraft, aircraft or vehicle

Where a person has been convicted of an offence under this Act, the court may order to be forfeited to the Government any ship, hovercraft, aircraft or vehicle which has been proved to have been used in any manner in connection with such offence except that —

this section shall not apply to any ship or hovercraft of more than 200 tons net or to any aircraft belonging to any person carrying on a regular passenger service to and from Brunei Darussalam by means of such aircraft; and

no ship, hovercraft, aircraft or vehicle shall be forfeited under this section if it is established by the owner thereof that such ship, hovercraft, aircraft or vehicle was unlawfully in the possession of another person without the owner’s consent.