Notice of application

(1) Where the Director of Public Prosecutions applies under section 37 for a forfeiture order he shall give to any person who is known to own or control, directly or indirectly, wholly or jointly, or has an interest in the property in respect of which the application is being made no less than seven days written notice of the application. (2) A person who claims an interest in the property which is the subject of an application for a forfeiture order, may appear and produce evidence at the hearing of the application. (3) The Supreme Court may, at any time before the final determination of the application, direct the Director of Public Prosecutions to– (a) give notice of the application to any person who, in the opinion of the court, appears to have an interest in the property; and (b) publish in the Gazette or a newspaper published and circulating in Belize, a notice of the application.