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(1) After the conclusion of trial before anycourt-martial the court or the officer confirming the finding or sentence ofsuch court-martial, or any authority superior to such officer, or, in the caseof a court-martial whose finding or sentence does not require confirmation, theofficer commanding the army, army corps, division or brigadewithin which the trial was held, may make such order as it or he thinks fitfor the disposal by destruction, confiscation, delivery to any person claimingto be entitled to possession thereof, or otherwise, of any property ordocument produced before the court or in its custody, or regarding which anyoffence appears to have been committed or which has been used for thecommission of any offence.
(2) Whereany order has been made under sub-section(1)in respect of property regarding which an offence appears to have beencommitted, a copy of such order signed and certified bythe authority making the same may, whether the trial was held within India ornot, be sent to a magistrate within whose jurisdiction such property for the timebeing is situated and such magistrate shall thereupon cause the order tobe carried into effect as if it were an order passed by him underthe provisions of the 1 [Code of Criminal Procedure,1973 (2 of 1974)], orany corresponding law in force in 2 [the State of Jammu andKashmir].
(3) In thissection the term "property" includes, in the case of propertyregarding which an offence appears to have been committed, not only suchproperty as has been originally in the possession or under the control of anyperson, but also any property into or for which the same may have beenconverted or exchanged, and any thing acquired by such conversion or exchangewhether immediately or otherwise.
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1.Substituted by Act 37 of 1992,sec. 14, for "Code ofCriminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898)"(w.e.f. 6-9-1992).
2.Substituted by the Adaptation of Laws(No. 3) Order, 1956,for "a Part B State".