Customs Act 1901

PART IV - THE IMPORTATION OF GOODS  

Division 5 - Detention of goods in the public interest  

SECTION 77EB  

77EB   NOTICE TO PERSON WHOSE GOODS ARE DETAINED  

If the Minister orders goods to be detained, the Minister must, as soon as practicable after making the order, give written notice of the order to:

(a) the owner of the goods; or

(b) if the owner of the goods cannot be identified after reasonable inquiry - the person in whose possession or under whose control the goods were at the time the order was given.