(1) Every police officer who is dismissed from the Force, or resigns his or her office, or otherwise leaves the Force shall deliver over to the person appointed by the Commissioner of Police for that purpose every article whatsoever which has been supplied to him or her at the public expense, and which he or she has not been expressly authorised to keep or use for his or her private benefit.
(2) Every person who contravenes this section is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding $48, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months; and it shall be lawful for any justice of the peace to issue his or her warrant to search for and seize all such articles which are not so delivered over, wherever the same may be found, and to arrest the person in whose possession the same may be found.