Section 386: Forfeiture of dangerous goods improperly sent or carried

386. Forfeiture of dangerous goods improperly sent or carried.—(1) Where any dangerous goods have been sent or carried, or attempted to be sent or carried, on board any Pakistani or foreign vessel, without being marked as aforesaid or without such notice having been given as aforesaid, or under a false description, or with a false description of the sender or carrier thereof, any court having jurisdiction may declare those goods and any package of receptacle in which they are contained, to be dangerous goods, and they shall thereupon be forfeited and when forfeited shall be disposed of as the Court directs. (2) The Court shall have, and may exercise, the aforesaid powers of forfeiture and disposal notwithstanding that the owner of the goods has not committed any offence under the provisions of this Ordinance relating to dangerous goods, and is not before the court, and has not received notice of the proceedings, and notwithstanding that there is no evidence to show to whom the goods belong; nevertheless the court may, in its discretion, require such notice as it may direct to be given to the owner or shipper of the goods before they are forfeited.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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