HC Deb 22 December 1954 vol 535 c305W
Mr. Houghton

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer under what statutory authority the Commissioners of Customs and Excise hand over without charge tobacco and cigarettes seized under the Customs Acts to the bodies mentioned in the Revenue Department's Appropriation Accounts, 1953–54.

Mr. H. Brooke

The authority is Section 275 of the Customs and Excise Act, 1952, which providesinter alia that goods forfeited under the provisions of that Act shall be disposed of in such manner as the Commissioners of Customs and Excise may direct.