Customs Act, 1969

CHAPTER-IX

DISCHARGE OF CARGO AND ENTRY INWARDS OF GOODS

Customs Act, 1969 CHAPTER-IX DISCHARGE OF CARGO AND ENTRY INWARDS OF GOODS From: 2023-08-01 - To: 0000-00-00 1[82. Procedure in case of goods not cleared or warehoused or transshipped or exported or removed from the port within 2,3[fifteen days] after unloading or filing of declaration.- If any goods are not cleared for home-consumption or warehoused or transshipped or are not loaded on the conveyance for export or removed from the port area within 2,3[fifteen days] of their arrival at a customs station or within such extended period not exceeding 4,3[five] days, an officer not below the rank of Assistant Collector may allow, and such goods may, after the due notice given to the owner if his address could be ascertained, or after due notice to the carrier, shipping or customs agent, custodian of the goods, as the case may be, if his address could not be ascertained, may be sold in auction or taken into custody by Customs and removed from the port to a Customs warehouse for auction under the order of the Assistant Collector notwithstanding the fact that adjudication of the case under section 179, or an appeal under section 193, or 196, or a proceeding in any court is pending: Provided that- (a) animals and perishable and hazardous goods may, with the permission of the appropriate officer, be sold or destroyed at any time; (b) arms, ammunition or military stores may be sold or otherwise disposed of at such time and place and in such manner as the Board may, with the approval of the Federal Government, direct; (c) in cases where goods are sold pending adjudication, appeal or decision of the court, the proceeds of sale shall be kept in deposit and if on such…