A. Any machine, contrivance, appliance, device game, ticket, chance, share, interest, instrument or article operated, used, kept, possessed, placed or maintained in violation of the provisions of:
1. Section 330a of the Penal Code of the State of California; or
2. Any section enumerated in Part I, Title 9, Chapter 9 of the Penal Code of the State of California: or
3. Sections 43.00 to 43.16, inclusive, of the Los Angeles Municipal Code; is hereby declared to be a nuisance and shall be subject to abatement as hereinafter provided.
B. When any person has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any violation of any ordinance of this City or of any law of this state, which offense involved the operation, use, maintenance or possession of any article declared by Subsection A hereof to be a nuisance, then such article shall be destroyed by the Chief of Police after the plea or after the judgment of conviction has become final.
If any article subject to destruction as hereinabove provided is in the custody of any court within this City, the Chief of Police shall cause an application to be made to the judge of said court for an order releasing such article to the Chief of Police in order that the Chief of Police may comply with this section.