Perishable or low value property, etc.
110.—(1)  Where it appears to the Commissioner that any lost property referred to in section 108 or any property of a deceased person referred to in section 109 —
(a)is cash of not more than $1,000 or the equivalent in foreign currency;
(b)is perishable;
(c)may rapidly depreciate in value; or
(d)is of such a nature or in such condition that it would be dangerous, not reasonably practicable or unduly costly for the Police Force to retain custody of the property,
this section applies despite sections 108 and 109.
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(2)  Subject to subsection (3), where this section applies to any lost property and any property of a deceased person referred to in sections 108 and 109, respectively, the Commissioner may cause the property —
(a)to be paid into the Consolidated Fund at once;
(b)to be sold (by public auction or otherwise) at once and the proceeds of sale to be paid into the Consolidated Fund; or
(c)to be destroyed or otherwise disposed of at such time and in such manner as the Commissioner thinks fit.
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(3)  Where any lost property or any property of a deceased person referred to in section 108 or 109 —
(a)is paid into the Consolidated Fund under subsection (2)(a); or
(b)is sold (by public auction or otherwise) under subsection (2)(b),
the cash or the proceeds of the sale (as the case may be) are to be dealt with in the same manner as the property would have been required by section 108 or 109 (as the case may be) to be dealt with if not so paid or sold.
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(4)  A person who buys property sold by or on the authority of the Commissioner under this section obtains good title to that property.
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