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1. A preliminary point was raised that the learned magistrate had not been seized of the matter when he heard the application as it has not been proved that the provisions of section 27(3) and 27(4) of the Import & Export Ordinance, Cap. 60 had been complied with. These subsections lay down the requirements for the Director of Commerce & Industry to give notice to the owner or the person in possession of the article seized that it is his invention to apply for forfeiture of the goods in question