40.     Establishment of Rewards and Fines Fund

          (1) All fines imposed under this Act for any offence against discipline, the proceeds of sales of unclaimed property under section 42, and any fees paid or donations made in respect of special services provided by the Service, shall be placed to the credit of a fund called the Police Rewards and Fines Fund.

          (2) No payment shall be made from the Police Rewards and Fines Fund except upon the authority of the Commissioner.

          (3) The Commissioner may sanction payment from the Police Rewards and Fines Fund for any of the following-

    (a)     to assist the wives and families of deceased police officers or to assist any police officer discharged from the Service as medically unfit for further service;

    (b)     as rewards to police officers for meritorious acts or service in the execution of duty:

                  Provided such payment shall not be made to any police officer who has received any other reward from Government revenue;

    (c)     the procuring of any comforts or conveniences or advantages to members of the Service which are not chargeable to general revenue;

    (d)     the granting of loans in special circumstances to police officers;

    (e)     to provide prizes for competitions involving members of the Service;

    (f)      to reward officers required to carry out extra duties where a charge is raised in connection therewith; and

    (g)     any prescribed charitable or humanitarian organisation.

41.     Lost property

          Where any lost property is found by a police officer or otherwise comes into his possession, he shall forthwith deliver it or cause it to be delivered to the officer in charge of a police station.

42.     Unclaimed property

          (1) Where any lost property has come into the possession of the officer in charge of a police station, and such property has not been lawfully claimed by any person for a period of three months, such officer in charge shall inform the Commissioner.

          (2) The Commissioner may direct that any property held under subsection (1) be sold by public auction and the proceeds paid into the Police Rewards and Fines Fund, or, if such property is worthless, that it be destroyed.

          (3) Notwithstanding anything in this section, the officer in charge of a police station may, if he is of the opinion that the immediate sale of unclaimed property would be of benefit due to the perishable nature of such property, at any time direct that it be sold by public auction and the proceeds paid into the Police Rewards and Fines Fund, or if the unclaimed property is in his opinion dangerous the officer in charge of a police station may order that it be destroyed.

          (4) If a lawful claim to the ownership of unclaimed property sold under this section is established by any person within six months of the date of sale the proceeds thereof shall be paid to such person.

          (5) So much of the proceeds of the sale of such unclaimed property as the Commissioner may direct, if no claim has been established under subsection (4), may be apportioned to the finder.

          (6) Nothing in this section shall authorize the sale of stock the disposal of which provision is made in the Stock Theft Act, or the sale of anything the disposal of which provision is made in the Wildlife Conservation and National Parks Act.