Singapore legislation
Section 63
Section 63
Power to sell goods remaining in custody
(1)
Without prejudice to section 62, if any goods which have been placed in or on the premises of the Authority, other than goods accepted for storage by the Authority under section 111, are not removed therefrom within 21 days or, in the case of goods for transhipment or re-export from the time when the goods were placed in or on such premises within 42 days, the Authority may, at the expiration of the period of 21 days or 42 days, as the case may be, dispose of all or any such goods in such manner as it thinks fit:Provided that if the goods are of a perishable nature the Authority may direct their removal within such shorter period, not being less than 24 hours after the landing thereof as the Authority thinks fit, and if not removed, the Authority may dispose of such goods in such manner as it thinks fit.
(2)
The proceeds of sale shall be applied by the Authority in the following manner:
firstly, in payment of any duty payable to the Government;
secondly, in payment of the expenses of the sale;
thirdly, in payment of the rates, charges and expenses due to the Authority in respect of the goods; and
fourthly, in payment of freight and other claims or liens of which notice to the Authority has been given,and by rendering the surplus, if any, to the person entitled thereto on demand, and, in case no such demand is made within one year from the date of the sale of the goods, by paying the surplus to the account of the Authority, whereupon all rights to the same by such person shall be extinguished.[60