194. On an application by a person who claims to be entitled to the seized timber, or to the proceeds of its sale, a judge shall order that the timber or proceeds be released to the applicant if he is convinced that the person is entitled thereto and that the course of justice will not be hindered by the release.
A five clear days’ notice shall be served on the employee or, as the case may be, on the prosecutor, on the defendant and, if he is not the applicant, on the person from whom the timber has been seized.
The release order shall be executory at the expiry of a thirty-day period, unless the period is waived by the parties.
1986, c. 108, s. 194; 1988, c. 73, s. 66.