(1)  If the Crown seizes or takes possession of property that is an animal or of a perishable nature, the Court or a judge at any time after the seizure or taking but before judgment –

(a) on the application of the Attorney-General, may order that the property be sold and the proceeds of sale paid into Court pending the determination of the action; or

(b) on the application of a claimant, may order that the property be delivered to the claimant on paying into Court the appraised value of the property or giving security to the satisfaction of the registrar at the registry in which the action is pending for the payment into Court of that value if the property should be declared forfeited or be condemned.

(2)  If a claimant to whom any property is ordered to be delivered refuses or neglects to pay, or give security for, the appraised value of the property, the Court or a judge, on the application of the Attorney-General, may order that the property seized or taken be sold and the proceeds of sale paid into Court pending the determination of the action.