Section 32 NDLEA Act

Section 32 of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act 1989 is about Further provisions as to forfeiture. It provides as follows:

Without prejudice to the provisions of any other law permitting the forfeiture of property, the following shall also be subject to forfeiture under this Act and no proprietary right shall exist in them-

(a) all narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances which have been manufactured,
distributed, dispensed or acquired in any manner in violation of this Act;

(b) all raw materials, products and equipment of any kind which are used, or intended for use, in manufacturing, compounding, processing, delivering, importing or exporting any narcotic drug or psychotropic substance;

(c) all instrumentalities of conveyance, including aircraft, vehicles, or vessels
which are used or are intended for use, to transport, or in any manner to facilitate the transportation, sale, receipt, possession or concealment of substances
described in paragraph (a) or (b) of this section, except that-

(i) no means of conveyance used by any person as a common carrier in the
transaction of business as a common carrier shall be forfeited under this section unless it shall appear that the owner or other person in charge of such means of conveyance was a consenting party or privy to a violation of this Act;

(ii) no means of conveyance shall be forfeited under this section by reason of any act established by the owner thereof to have been committed by any person other than such owner while such means of conveyance was unlawfully in the possession of a person other than the owner in violation of the criminal laws of Nigeria or any part thereof; and

(iii) no means of conveyance shall be forfeited under this section to the extent of an interest of an owner, by reason of any act established by that owner to have been committed without the knowledge, consent or wilful connivance of that owner;

(d) all books, records and research, including formulae, microfilms, tapes and data
used or intended to be used in violation of any provision of this Act;

(e) all monies, negotiable instruments, securities or other things of value furnished
or intended lO be furnished by any person in exchange for any narcotic drug or
psychotropic substance in violation of this Act or a\l proceeds traceable to such
an exchange, and all monies, negotiable instruments and securities used or intended to be used to facilitate any violation of this Act;

(f) all real properly, including any right, title and interest (including any leasehold
interest) in the whole or any piece or parcel of land and any improvements or appurtenances which is used or intended to be used, in any manner or part to
commit, or facilitate the commission of, an offence under this Act.

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