s.31Disposal of goods held in King's Warehouse
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Section 31Part 3 — CONTROL OF VESSELS AND GOODS

Disposal of goods held in King's Warehouse

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All perishable goods brought to the King's Warehouse may be sold or otherwise disposed of at the discretion of the proper officer as soon as practicable.
The Director may, for the purpose of securing favourable marketability, postpone the sale of goods under subsection (1).
All non-perishable goods brought to the King's Warehouse under section 30(1) and (3) may be sold or otherwise disposed of, at the discretion of the relevant officer, after the expiry of three months.
All non-perishable goods brought to the King's Warehouse as forfeited under any other provision of this Act may be sold or otherwise disposed of, at the discretion of the proper officer, after the period for appeal, if any, against the forfeiture or seizure has expired.
Goods referred to in subsection (l), (2), (3) or (4) which appear to have no market value may be destroyed.
If the Director is of the opinion that any goods lying in the King's Warehouse have remained uncustomed in order to evade the payment of duty thereon the Director may order that the consignee of such goods shall be charged duty thereon as if the goods had been normally customed and may make an order for the disposal of such goods in any way which the Director may think expedient including the forfeiture of such goods.
All non-perishable goods brought to the King's Warehouse may, before the time for the sale thereof stipulated in subsection (2), (3) or (4), be cleared by the importer of the goods upon payment by the importer of the duty, handling charges, storage charges, freight and penalties, if any, incidental to such goods.

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King's Warehouseperishable goodsnon-perishable goodsforfeited goodsuncustomed goods

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