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Forests Act 1958
95EWhat if goods are not collected or claimed?
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95E What if goods are not collected or claimed?
(1) An authorised officer may dispose of goods removed and stored under section 95C in any manner he or she thinks fit if—
(a) those goods are not collected or claimed within a reasonable time after the rightful owner has been notified under section 95D(2); or
(b) the rightful owner cannot be found.
(2) If goods removed and stored under section 95C are disposed of by sale, the proceeds of the sale must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
S. 95F inserted by No. 48/2004 s. 122.