19.— (1) Where a person is convicted of an offence under section 6 or 9, anything used for the purposes of, or in connection with, the commission of the offence shall be forfeited to the State and, if the thing is a cluster munition, explosive bomblet or anti-personnel mine, it shall be delivered to the Defence Forces for destruction.

(2) Where a cluster munition, explosive bomblet or anti-personnel mine is to be delivered to the Defence Forces for destruction under subsection (1), the court shall, unless it is satisfied that there are special and substantial reasons for not doing so, order the convicted person to pay the costs and expenses, measured by the court, to be incurred by the Defence Forces in relation to arranging such destruction.

(3) An order for costs and expenses under subsection (2) is in addition to and not instead of any fine or penalty the court might impose under section 17.