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CUSTOMS ACT 1901 - SECT 96

Arrears of warehouse charges

  (1)   Where any rent or charges in respect of warehoused goods has or have been in arrears for:

  (a)   except where paragraph   (b) applies--6 months; or

  (b)   where the goods are the unclaimed baggage of a passenger or member of the crew of a ship or aircraft--30 days;

a Collector may sell the goods.

  (2)   In this section, member of the crew includes:

  (a)   in relation to a ship--the master, a mate or an engineer of the ship; and

  (b)   in relation to an aircraft--the pilot of the aircraft.


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