Cap. 37 Art. 34Goods in warehouse may be sorted, repacked, etc.

(1) With the sanction of the Commissioner and after such notice given by the respective importers or owners, at such times and under such regulations as may, from time to time, be made by the Minister responsible for customs under this Ordinance, it shall be lawful in any government or other warehouse to bulk, sort, separate, lot or repack any goods warehoused in such warehouse and to make such alterations therein as may be necessary for the preservation, sale, shipment or disposal thereof; and also to draw off wine or spirits into bottles or flasks of such size, as the Commissioner may see fit, for consumption in Malta or for exportation; and also to fill up any casks of wine or spirits from any other

*See the Explosives Ordinance (Chapter 33). casks of the same respectively secured in the same warehouse; and also to take such samples of goods as may be allowed by the Commissioner with or without entry, and with or without payment of duty, except as the same may eventually become payable as on a deficiency of the original quantity; and the duty on the surplus, if any, remaining after any operation upon such goods as may be delivered for use in Malta, shall be immediately paid, and such surplus shall thereupon be delivered for use in Malta.

(2) After such goods have been so separated or repacked, the Commissioner may, at the request of the importer or owner of such goods, cause or permit any refuse, damage or surplus goods occasioned by such separation or repacking, or, at the like request, any goods which may not be worth the duty, to be destroyed, and may remit the duty payable thereon.

(3) The Minister responsible for customs may, subject to the giving of such security and on such conditions as he may by order prescribe, permit the manufacture, processing or assembly of any goods in any warehouse or place of security approved or appointed under article 27(1).