Section 489. Disposal of animals and articles of nonperishable nature seized under section 431

(1) Any animal and any article not of a perishable nature an any utensil or vessel seized under section 435 shall be taken before a Magistrate of the First Class.\br@s (2) If it shall appear to such Magistrate that any such animal or article is diseased, unsound or unwholesome or unfit for human be or that such utensil or vessel is of such kind or in such state as to render any article prepared, manufactured or contained therein unwholesome or unfit for human consumption, shall cause the same to be destroyed, at the charge of the person in whose possession it was at the time of its seizure, in such manner as to prevent the same being again exposed or hawked about for sale or used for human consumption, or for the preparation or manufacture of, or for containing any such article as aforesaid.\br@s