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 In the event that the owner is known, the court shall give a judgment ordering the official taking care of the thing to return it to the owner.

When a dispute arises, the person claiming to be the true owner of the property shall institute his claim before the court having the power to address it.

Even though no civil case is instituted, the court may order an exhibited item of property to be returned to its owner when it adjudicates upon the criminal case.

In the event that the court orders the return of property or payment of its value to the injured person according to section 43 or 44, the injured person shall be deemed to be a judgment creditor.

If no criminal case is instituted, the right of the injured person to institute a civil case on account of the offence shall be extinguished by the same period of time as the limitation prescribed by the Penal Code for institution of a criminal case, even though it would be instituted by a minor or insane person according to section 183 of the Civil and Commercial Code or would be instituted separately from the criminal case.