Section 5: Nominal penalty
consolidated text (as at 2016, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
5. Nominal penalty
(1) Where—
(a) an information is filed against a public officer on account of a seizure; and
(b) judgment is given against the defendant,
only a nominal penalty shall be imposed and the claimant shall not be entitled
to any costs if the Court certifies on the record that there was reasonable or
probable cause of seizure.
(2) In a civil action, suit or proceeding brought against the public officer
in respect of the seizure, the plaintiff shall only be entitled to judgment for
the things seized or their value, and not to damages or costs.
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