Statutory notice period for seized goods requires release when notice is absent; provisional release cannot preserve detention.

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....Section 110(2) requires return of seized goods where no notice is issued within the prescribed period, unless the period is timely extended under its first proviso. Provisional release does not suspend this consequence, particularly where the provisional-release order excludes the goods concerned. Continued detention of imported machines and spare parts after one year without notice was therefore illegal, and release was directed subject to execution of a bond equal to their value.....