Section 49 Power for Treasury to remit Customs duties in certain cases.

Goods taken as prize may be sold either for home consumption or for exportation; and if in the former case the proceeds thereof, after payment of F1duties (whether of Customs or Excise) chargeable on imported goods, are insufficient to satisfy the just and reasonable claims thereon, the Treasury may remit the whole or such part of the said duties as they see fit.