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195. Sales of goods forfeited or otherwise liable to be sold under 

 this Act shall be by public auction, and after a reasonable public 

 notice, and subject to such further regulations as are made by the 

 Governor in Council; but in any case the Receiver General may 

 order vessels, goods, vehicles or things forfeited to be disposed of as 

 he sees fit, instead of being sold by public auction. 



196. The proceeds, after deducting expenses, shall, unless it is 

 otherwise provided, belong to Her Majesty for the public uses of this 

 Colony, but the net proceeds or any portion thereof, may be divided 

 between, and paid to the collector or chief officer 01 the Customs, at 

 the port or place where the seizure was made, and the officer or officers 

 by whom tne seizure was made, or the information given which led 

 to the seizure, and any person who has given information or other- 

 wise aided in effecting the condemnation of the thing seized, in such 

 proportions as the Governor in Council in any case or class of cases 

 directs and appoints; but nothing herein contained shall be con- 

 strued to limit or affect any power vested in the Governor in Council 

 or the Receiver General to make and ordain any other plan or sys- 

 tem for tjie re-distribution of such net proceeds, or with regard to 

 the remission of penalties or forfeitures imposed by this Act or any 

 other law. 



197. "Whenever information has been given under oath to any 

 officer of Customs that goods or things have been unlawfully im- 

 ported or entered, or whenever any goods have been seized or detained 

 under any of the provisions of this Act or of any law relating to the 

 Customs, the importer or exporter thereof, or the owner or claimant 

 thereof, or any other person who may be or have been agent for either 

 of them or of the consignor, shall, immediately upon being required 

 so to do by a collector or other proper officer of Customs, produce 

 and hand over all invoices, bills, accounts and statements of the goods 

 so imported, entered, seized or detained, or of all other goods im- 

 ported into this Colony by him at any time within six years preced- 

 ing such request, seizure or detention ; and shall also produce for the 

 inspection of such collector or other officer, and allow him to make 

 copies of, or extracts from, all books of account, ledgers, day-books, 

 cash-books, letter-books, invoice books, or other books wherein any 

 entry or memorandum appears respecting the purchase, importation, 

 cost, value or pavment of the goods so seized or detained and of all 

 other goods as aforesaid. 



198. If any person required under the next preceding section to 

 produce and hand over invoices, bills, accounts and statements, or to 

 produce for inspection books of account, ledgers, day-books, cash- 

 books, letter-books, invoice-books and other books, or to allow copies 

 or extracts to be made therefrom, neglects or refuses so to do, he shall 

 incur a penalty not exceeding five thousand dollars. 



2. Whenever any suit is instituted under the provisions of this Act 

 or an Order of the Court is obtained, all invoices, accounts, books 

 and papers relating to any imported goods, to which such suit or 

 order relates, shall oe produced in Court or to any person whom the 

 Court directs, and if the same are not so produced within such time 

 as the Court prescribes, the allegations on the part of the Crown shall 

 be deemed to be proved, and judgment shall be given ns in a case 

 by default ; but this provision shall not relieve the person disobeying 



