Section 77: Failure to clear warehoused goods
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77. Failure to clear warehoused goods
(1) Where any warehoused goods are not cleared within the period specified in section 76, the Director-General may, without prejudice to any action
he may take under this Act, on giving 15 days’ notice in writing to the owner
of the goods, cause the goods to be transferred to a customs warehouse or
such warehouse as he may approve for the purpose of auction sales and sold
in accordance with section 61.
(2) Any person who fails to clear any warehoused goods within the period
specified in section 76 shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be
liable to a fine not exceeding 100,000 rupees.
[S. 77 amended by s. 9 (2) of Act 22 of 1989 w.e.f. 15 July 1999; s. 4 (e) of Act 23 of 2001
w.e.f. 11 August 2001; s. 5 (f) of Act 28 of 2004 w.e.f. August 2004; repealed and replaced
by s. 8 (m) of Act 15 of 2006 w.e.f. 7 August 2006; amended by s. 4 (i) of Act 37 of 2011
w.e.f. 15 December 2011; s. 5 (r) of Act 26 of 2012 w.e.f. 1 October 2012; repealed and
replaced by s. 4 (n) of Act 26 of 2013 w.e.f. 1 January 2014.]
78. —
[S. 78 amended by s. 3 (f) of Act 25 of 1994 w.e.f. 21 June 1994; repealed by s. 4 (o) of Act
26 of 2013 w.e.f. 1 January 2014.]