Detention and Storage of Goods and Documents Related to Them by Customs Authorities.

Detention and Storage of Goods and Documents Related to Them by Customs Authorities.

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Goods and documents related to them that are not objects of administrative or criminal offenses, or that are such objects but have not been seized or arrested during the examination of a report of a criminal offense, during criminal proceedings or proceedings in a case of an administrative offense, shall, in cases provided for by the Customs Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, be detained by customs authorities.

The detention of goods and documents related to them shall be formalized by drawing up a protocol on the detention of goods and documents related to them, the form of which is determined by the Commission.

The detained goods and documents related to them shall be seized and stored by customs authorities for the period established by the Customs Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Article 454).

For storage purposes, the detained goods shall be placed in temporary storage warehouses or other locations determined by the customs authority and equipped for the storage of such goods.

In the event of detention of goods by customs authorities, the costs of storing the detained goods shall be reimbursed by the persons specified in Article 456 of the Customs Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan to whom the goods are actually returned. The costs of storing detained goods that are not claimed by such persons within the time limits stipulated by paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 454 of the Customs Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall be reimbursed from the proceeds received from the sale of such goods, taking into account the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article 457 of the Customs Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The procedure for reimbursement of the costs of storing detained goods shall be determined by the authorized body.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/kgd-astana/press/news/details/1293220?lang=ru