law: Custom Act, 1962 
  48.
  
  Procedure in Case of Goods not Cleared, Warehoused, or Transshipped within Thirty Days after Unloading. – 
  If
  
  any goods brought into India from a place outside India are not cleared for
  
  home consumption or warehoused or transhipped within thirty days from the date
  
  of the unloading thereof at a customs station or within such further time as
  
  the proper officer may allow or if the title to any imported goods is
  
  relinquished, such goods may, after notice to the importer and with the
  
  permission of the proper officer be sold by the person having the custody
  
  thereof :
  Provided
  
    that –
  (a) animals, perishable goods and hazardous goods, may, with the
  
  permission of the proper officer, be sold at any time;
  (b) arms and ammunition may be sold at such time and place and in such
  
  manner as the Central Government may direct.
  Explanation
  
  :  In this section, "arms" and
  
  "ammunition" have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the
  
  Arms Act, 1959 (54 of 1959).