Section 331: Order for disposal of property after trial

(1) Where any proceeding or trial in a criminal case is concluded, the court may make such order as it thinks fit, for the disposal by destruction, confiscation or delivery to a person appearing to be entitled to the possession or otherwise, of any movable property or document produced before it or in its custody or regarding which an offence appears to have been committed or which has been used for the commission of an offence.
(2) Notwithstanding that the trial, proceeding or an appeal is pending in respect of the case, the court may, in any case, make an order under the provisions of subsection (1) of this section for the delivery of any property, to a person appearing to be entitled to the possession of the property, on his executing a bond, with or without sureties, to the satisfaction of the court, undertaking to restore the property to the court.
(3) An order made under this section may be appealed against as if it is a decision in the final judgment of the court giving the direction.