Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce,

Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act,2003

Act No : 34

Section : Power to give option to pay costs in lieu of confiscation.

15. Power to give option to pay costs in lieu of confiscation.-(1) Whenever any confiscation of any package of cigarettes or any other tobacco products is authorised by this Act, the court adjudging it may, subject to such conditions as may be specified n the order adjudging the confiscation, give to the owner thereof an option to pay, in lieu of confiscation, costs which shall be equal to the value of the goods confiscated. (2) On payment of the costs ordered by the court, the seized packages shall be returned to the person from whom they were seized on condition that such person shall, before making any distribution, sale or supply of such packages of cigarettes or other t bacco products, get the specified warning and indication of nicotine and tar contents incorporated on each such package.