(1) If a person commits an offence under this Act involving the unlawful use or possession of any device or equipment relating to the conduct of a totalizator or any other article or thing, the court before which the person is convicted may order the device, equipment, article or thing to be forfeited to the Crown.
(2) An inspector or a police officer may, in a place or premises at which a totalizator is conducted, seize and retain possession of any device, equipment, article or thing that he or she reasonably suspects is liable to forfeiture under this section.