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Mode of dealing with article found in possession of willful trespasser

Cap. 98, s. 30 · Revised Edition 2020

If the trespasser, at the time of his trespassing, has, or is in possession of, any sugar-cane, coffee, plantain, banana, fruit or vegetable product similar in kind to any growing or being in or upon the premises on which the trespass is committed, or of any fish similar in kind to any then or immediately before that time on the premises on which the trespass is committed, the owner may seize and detain the sugar-cane, coffee, plantain, banana, fruit, vegetable product or fish, until the trespasser proves, to the satisfaction of the magistrate, that it has not been taken or obtained out of or from the premises on which the trespass is committed, and in the event of a trespasser failing to give that proof, the article shall be delivered to the owner, to be by him disposed of as he thinks fit. by wilful
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Mode of dealing with article found in possession of willful trespasser — Cap. 98 s. 30 · Belize Law