Adjudication of forfeitures

(1) Where any claim is made to any ship, boat, aircraft, vessel, vehicle, animal, or goods seized as forfeited under the provisions of this Act, the claimant thereto may institute proceedings against the Crown in accordance with any law regulating Crown Proceedings for the time being in force, and the court shall determine whether or not such ship, boat, aircraft, 72 vessel, vehicle, animal or goods have been lawfully seized and forfeited under this Act and adjudicate accordingly. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law, upon instituting any proceedings to establish a claim to any ship, boat, aircraft, vessel, vehicle, animal or goods seized as forfeited under the provisions of this Act, the plaintiff in such proceedings shall enter into a bond, with two sufficient sureties to the satisfaction of the Registrar or a magistrate, as the case may be, in the sum of five hundred dollars or in the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, as the case may be, conditioned for the payment of the costs of the proceedings in case the plaintiff shall be ordered to pay the same. CAP. 31.