(1) If any person is held to have committed any offence punishable under this Act, the load carriers, tools, weapons, quadrupeds and other instruments which have been seized in connection with the offence shall be confiscated.
(2) The load carriers, tools, weapons, quadrupeds and other instruments which have been seized in the course of investigation into any offence punishable under this Act may, with the permission of the adjudicating authority, be auctioned and the proceeds of such auction, credited into the deposit account.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), if it does not appear from the investigation that any person other than the offender has used such motor vehicle or allowed it to be used to assist the offender knowingly, such a vehicle or a load carrier the value of which is less than fifty thousand rupees shall not be confiscated, and one who does such act may be liable to the punishment of a fine not exceeding fifty thousand rupees, in addition to the punishment imposable under this Act.