Finance Act, 2001

Damages.

129.—Where, in any civil or criminal proceedings against any officer or person on account of the seizing or detention of any thing, judgement is given against the defendant, and where the court or justice certifies that there was probable cause for such seizure or detention, the plaintiff shall not be entitled to any damages, besides the goods seized or the value of such thing, nor to any costs, and the defendant shall not be liable for any punishment or penalty.