Section 18

When there is reason to believe that an offence under this Act has been committed, any animal or trophy or flesh thereof, together with all weapons, instrun1ents and contrivances used in the commission of such offence, may be seized by any Game Officer or police officer.

Every officer seizing any property under this sec-tion shall place on such property, or on the receptacle, if any, in which it is contained, a mark indicating that it has been so seized, and shall, without unnecessary delay, make a report of such seizure to a magistrate having jurisdiction to try the offence in respect of which the seizure has been made:

Provided that, in .any case where such property has been seized in connection with an offence compounded under section 17, it shall not be necessary to report to a magistrate the seizure thereof, and such property shall be disposed of in such manner as the officer concerned shall think fit.