15 U.S.C. § 715f : US Code - Section 715F: Forfeiture of contraband oil shipped in violation of law; procedure

Search 15 U.S.C. § 715f : US Code - Section 715F: Forfeiture of contraband oil shipped in violation of law; procedure

(a) Seizure procedure; return of contraband oil
Contraband oil shipped or transported in interstate commerce in
violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be liable to be
proceeded against in any district court of the United States within
the jurisdiction of which the same may be found, and seized for
forfeiture to the United States by a process of libel for
condemnation; but in any such case the court may in its discretion,
and under such terms and conditions as it shall prescribe, order
the return of such contraband oil to the owner thereof where undue
hardship would result from such forfeiture. The proceedings in such
cases shall conform as nearly as may be to proceedings in rem in
admiralty, except that either party may demand a trial by jury of
any issue of fact joined in any such case, and all such proceedings
shall be at the suit of and in the name of the United States.
Contraband oil forfeited to the United States as provided in this
section shall be used or disposed of pursuant to such rules and
regulations as the President shall prescribe.
(b) Certificates of clearance
No such forfeiture shall be made in the case of contraband oil
owned by any person (other than a person shipping such contraband
oil in violation of the provisions of this chapter) who has with
respect to such contraband oil a certificate of clearance which on
its face appears to be valid and to have been issued by a board
created under authority of section 715d of this title, certifying
that the shipment in question is not contraband oil, and such
person had no reasonable ground for believing such certificate to
be invalid or to have been issued as a result of fraud or
misrepresentation of fact.