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Customs Act — Article 273 (Forfeiture of Goods Used to Commit Offenses)

관세법 제273조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2023-06-05. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-10-02) — check the Korean original.

(1) Goods specially processed to be used for committing any offense provided for in Article 269 shall be forfeited or destroyed in order to make them useless, regardless of whoever owns them.

(2) Where goods referred to in Article 269 are contained in other goods and such goods are owned by an offender, other goods may be also forfeited.[This Article Wholly Amended on Dec. 30, 2010]

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