1136                             Laws of Maryland                       [Ch. 747

licensed under this Article unless otherwise provided for in this
Article.

(5)   Unlawful Manufacturing-Devices: It shall be unlawful for
any person to buy, bargain, sell, borrow, lend, manufacture, possess,
transport or suffer to be bought, bargained, sold, lent, manufactured,
possessed or transported any apparatus, materials, equipment, imple-
ments, devices or other personal property designed, used or intended
for use directly or immediately in connection with the unlawful manu-
facture of alcoholic beverages. Such apparatus, materials, equip-
ment, implements, devices or other personal property shall be deemed
contraband and may be confiscated and forfeited as hereinafter
provided in this Article.

(6)   Unlawful Manufacturing - Transportation Equipment: Any
vehicle, vessel or aircraft used with the express or implied knowl-
edge, consent or permission of its lawful owner for the purpose of
violating any of the provisions of this Article relating to the unlawful
manufacture of alcoholic beverages or which is used to transport,
store or secrete illicit alcoholic beverages shall be deemed contra-
band and may be confiscated by the Comptroller or his duly author-
ized enforcement officers and may be forfeited as hereinafter pro-
vided for in this Article.

3 (f). Confiscation and Forfeiture Procedure: All alcoholic
beverages and other contraband kept, possessed, used, sold, manu-
factured, stored or transported contrary to the provisions of this
Article shall be subject to confiscation and forfeiture, and when
confiscated may be recovered or disposed of only as hereinafter
provided.

(1)  Forfeiture: If any defendant is adjudged guilty of violating
the provisions of this Article any property in his possession or con-
trol seized as contraband shall be deemed immediately forfeited.
Any property otherwise adjudged as contraband or otherwise in
violation of the provisions of this Article shall be deemed immediately
forfeited. Where any property seized as contraband is unclaimed
for thirty (30) days subsequent to the date of confiscation and such
property has not been destroyed as provided in this section, such
property shall be deemed forfeited, except vehicles, vessels and air-
craft which shall be deemed forfeited unless a claim is filed within
thirty (30) days subsequent to the date of publication provided for
in Paragraph (2) of this sub-section.

(2)  Notification of Owner of Confiscated Vehicle, Vessel or Air-
craft: The Comptroller shall notify the registered owner where possi-
ble and shall publish notice in a newspaper of general circulation
in the county or Baltimore City where seized, of any vehicle, vessel
or aircraft confiscated under this Article, informing interested per-
sons of the seizure and right to file a claim protesting the confiscation
of said vehicle, vessel or aircraft.

(3) Claim for Return of Confiscated Property: Any lawful lien-
holder, or other person showing a legal right, title or interest in
confiscated property not destroyed as provided in this section, may
within thirty (SO) days of confiscation or, if the confiscated prop-
erty is a vehicle, vessel or aircraft, within thirty (30) days of