Criminal Law Code as at 1st March 2007
produced, kept, used, sold, distributed or cultivated in contravention of this Act, it shall
be forfeited to the State.
14E
Forfeiture on conviction, and prohibition from driving and flying
(1) Where any person is convicted of any dangerous drugs crime the court—
(a) shall order that any drug to which the conviction relates be forfeited to the
State, unless the drug is further required as an exhibit at a trial; and
(b) may order that any vehicle, aircraft, vessel, boat, animal, receptacle or thing
in or upon which such drug was found or was used for the purpose of or in
connection with such drug, be forfeited to the State, and section 62 of the
Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 9:07] shall thereupon apply,
mutatis mutandis, in respect of the vehicle, aircraft, vessel, boat, animal,
receptacle, container or thing.
(2) If it is established to the satisfaction of the court convicting a person of a
dangerous drugs crime that the convicted person used any motor vehicle or aircraft to
convey the drug to which the conviction relates, the court may order that the convicted
person or, where the motor vehicle was driven or aircraft was flown by another person
who was a participant or accomplice in or accessory to the crime, such other person, be
prohibited from driving all classes of motor vehicles or flying all types of aircraft for a
period not exceeding fifteen years, as the case may be, and the appropriate provisions of
the Road Traffic Act [Chapter 13:11] or the Civil Aviation Act [Chapter 13:16] shall
apply, mutatis mutandis, in respect of any such prohibition.
14F
Safe custody of forfeited dangerous drugs
(1) Upon the conclusion of criminal proceedings resulting in the conviction of a
person of a dangerous drugs crime, the court shall order that any dangerous drugs
forfeited to the State, other than cannabis, be delivered forthwith to the police officer in
command of the police district where the drugs were seized for safe custody, and shall
ensure that such police officer and the Director-General are given full particulars of
such drugs, including their quantity and any other relevant information.
(2) Pending their destruction in terms of section fourteen G, the Director-General
shall store any drugs delivered to him under subsection (1) in a place of maximum
security under his personal control, free from contamination by moisture or dust, and
shall protect them from access by any other person, and keep and maintain them in such
a safe manner as to avoid and prevent any deterioration whatsoever.
14G
Destruction of forfeited dangerous drugs and articles
(1) Within seven days of the receipt from the court of any consignment of forfeited
dangerous drugs the police officer in command of the police district to whom any
dangerous drugs are delivered in terms of section fourteen F (hereafter in this section
called “the custodian police officer”) shall communicate in writing to the Commissioner
of Police, the Director-General, the Commissioner-General of the Zimbabwe Revenue
Authority and the Attorney-General, the full particulars of such drugs, including their
quantity and all other relevant information, which shall, in every material respect,
correspond strictly with the particulars furnished to the custodian police officer and the
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