No.2 2016 (i) three months from the date when it was so seized, if no criminal proceedings are instituted in connection therewith \\ithin that period; or (ii) on the date that criminal proceedings, having been instituted in connection therewith, are abandoned, withdrawn or concluded otherwise than by the conviction of the accused; or (b) the article is declared forfeited to the State in terms of section (>2(2); whereupon it shall he destroyed or disposed of in accordance with this section. (3) If the seit.edarticle \Vhose possession is intrinsically unlawful is, in the opinion of JX1lice officer seizing it, too hazardous or dangerous to be removed or kept in custody in the manner prescribed by this section, and accordingly needs to be destroyed on the spot or dealt with or kept in custody in some other manner or place than that prescribed (whether before or alier it is forfeited to the State), the police officer shall fortlm ith communicate his or her apprehensions to the police orti~.;er in command of the police district \Yithin which the article is seized, and shall comply with any dire~.;tions as to the removal, custody, destruction or disposal of the article as the police officer so in command may giYc him or her, and shall record or cause to be recorded the following in the occurrence book on the day of their occurrence or no later than hventy-four hours thereafter(a) the date of seizure of the article and a sufficient description of it; and (b) the date of the communication of the seizing police officer's apprehensions to the police officer in command oft he police district within which the article is seized, and any directions receiYed from the latter in relation thereto; and (c) the date and manner of the removal, custody, destruction or disposal of the article. (.+)Section 58( 1)(a), (b) and (c) applies to the custody of an article whose possession is intrinsically unlawful except that(a) if possible, it shall he kept in a place or security that is exclusiYely reserved for the custody of seized articles whose possession is intrinsically unlm\ ful; and (b) a separate inventory from that mentioned in section 58(1)(b) shall be kept in relation to such articles; and (c) the police officer in control of the seized article shall be subject to any di rcctions concerning the custody oft he article issued hy the Environmentall\fanagementAuthority or other agency of the State having any statutory responsibility in respect of the seized article. (5) Within seven days of the date of forfeiture in terms of subsection ( 1), the police officer in command of the police district within which the seized article is held in custody (hereafter in tins sed ion called "the responsible JXllicc officer") shall communicate in writing to the Commissioner-General ofPolice, or any Assistant Commissioner appointed ...J.9