Section 53

the oil palm product is of a perishable nature or easily deteriorates in quality;

the custody of the oil palm product involves unreasonable expense and inconvenience;

there is a lack or absence of adequate or proper facilities for the storage of the oil palm product; or

the oil palm product is believed to cause an obstruction or to be a hazard to the public.

Notwithstanding subsection (1), where an analyst certifies, or if the results of tests as certified by an analyst proves, that the oil palm product tested by him is contaminated, the seizing officer may keep it in custody or, if no prosecution is instituted in respect of the oil palm product, cause it to be disposed of in the manner determined by the Director General.

Seized oil palm product, etc., liable to forfeiture