Section 27, Weights and Measures Act, 2010

(1) Where an Inspector has reasonable cause to believethat an offence under this Act has been committed in respect of any weight, measure or instrument for weighing or measuring he may seize and detain that weight, measure or instrument. (2) Where the owner of such weight, measure or instrument cannot be found within thirty days after the seizure, that weight, measure or instrument shall be forfeited to the Republic of Sierra Leone. (3) Subject to subsection (2), any weight, measure or instrument for weighing or measuring in respect of which any offence is committed under this Act may be forfeited to the Republic of Sierra Leone by order of the court. (4) Any weight, measure or instrument for weighing or measuring which is forfeited to the Republic of Sierra Leone shal be destroyed or otherwise disposed of in such manner as the Chief Inspector may direct.