[  9​ /98]​ (2) The court before which a person is charged with an offence under ​section 11​ or ​12​ may, whether he is convicted of the offence or not, order that any publication that appears to the court to be a prohibited publication, an obscene or objectionable publication, and any equipment used or intended to be used for exhibiting, making or reproducing the publications in the possession of the alleged offender or before the court, be destroyed or delivered up to the Minister for disposal in such manner as the Minister may direct. [  9​ /98]​ (3) Where — in proceedings brought under ​section 11​ or ​12​ in connection with the offence no order is made under ​subsection (2)​ as to the publication or equipment; or no such proceedings are instituted within 3 months of the seizure, the publication or equipment shall be returned to the person from whom they were seized or, if it is not reasonably practicable to return it to that person, shall be disposed of in accordance with the law regulating the disposal of lost or unclaimed property in the hands of the police. [8C [  9​ /98]​ Arrest without warrant 14.​ Any police officer may arrest without warrant any person found or reasonably suspected of committing or attempting to commit or of procuring or abetting any person to commit any offence under this Act, or reasonably suspected of the unlawful possession of any article liable to forfeiture thereunder. [9 [21/73]   Examination of articles coming into Singapore  15. —​(1) A controller or any authorised officer may detain, open and examine any article coming into Singapore in any manner whatsoever from any place outside Singapore which he has reason to believe contains or consists of an obscene or objectionable publication. [  9​ /98]​