90Sale of goods

90 Sale of goods

(1)  The Commissioner may authorise the sale or other disposal of any goods or chattels that –

(a) have come into the possession of a police officer in the course of his or her duties; and

(b) remain unclaimed for a period of at least 3 months or, in the case of perishable goods, 5 days by a person with a legal right to those goods or chattels; and

(c) are not capable of being sold or disposed of under any other Act.

(2)  Before authorising the sale or other disposal of any goods or chattels that are not perishable goods, the Commissioner must publish that intention in a newspaper.

(3)  A sale or other disposal under this section is valid against all persons and a claim does not lie for any compensation in relation to that sale or disposal.

(4)  [Section 90 Subsection (4) amended by No. 4 of 2017, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2019] The proceeds of any sale or other disposal are to be paid into the Public Account.