Goods of unknown owner may be sold

Where any goods or money alleged to have been stolen or unlawfully obtained, and of which the owner is unknown, is Goods of un known owner 64 ordered by any magistrate to be delivered to the Commissioner of Police or other proper officer, the Commissioner or other proper officer, may after the expiration of twelve months during which no person has made claim to the goods or money as owner, sell or dispose of such goods or money for the public benefit, and pay the proceeds in accordance with the Lost and Abandoned Property Act, Cap. 335. Seizure and Restitution of Property