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Owner's power to deal with warehoused goods.-With the sanction of the officer-in-charge or the proper officer, as the case may be, and in accordance with such instructions as the Excise Commissioner may, from time to time, issue in writing in this behalf, any owner of goods lodged in a warehouse may sort, separate, pack and re-pack the goods and make such alterations therein as maybe necessary for the preservation, sale or disposal thereof. After the goods have been so separated and repacked in such manner as may be ordered by the Excise Commissioner, the officer-in- charge or the proper officer, as the case maybe, may, at the owner's request, cause or permit any damaged goods remaining after such repacking to be destroyed subject to such limitations as the Excise Commissioner may, from time to time, impose and may remit the duty assessed thereon.