Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A court may order all or any part of a thing to be forfeited to the Commonwealth if:
(a) the court convicts a person of an offence against section 15 in respect of the thing or part; and
(b) the thing or part is the property of the person.
(2) The person is entitled to be heard in relation to the order.
(3) The thing or part may be dealt with or disposed of in any manner that the Secretary thinks appropriate, but only after:
(a) if the periods provided for lodging appeals against the order and the conviction have ended without such an appeal having been lodged--the end of those periods; or
(b) if one or more such appeals have been lodged--the appeals lapse or are finally determined.