①If property in custody is liable to be lost or damaged, or its keeping requires excessive expense or effort, a special-case facility occupant may sell it as provided by Cabinet Order; provided, however, that this does not apply to property that falls under any of the things listed in the items of Article 35.

②In addition to what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, if property in custody (excluding property that falls under any of the things listed in the items of Article 35) falls under any of the things listed in the items of Article 9, paragraph (2), and the person who lost it is not identified within two weeks from the date of the public notice under Article 7, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 18, a special-case facility occupant may sell it as provided by Cabinet Order.

③When a special-case facility occupant intends to make a sale under the preceding two paragraphs (referred to simply as "sale" in this Article and paragraph (1) of the following Article), the occupant must so notify the chief of a police station as provided by National Public Safety Commission Rules.

④The expenses required for a sale are to be paid out of the proceeds of the sale.

⑤When a sale has been made, for the custody, return and vesting of the property, the remainder obtained by deducting the expenses required for the sale from the proceeds of the sale is deemed to be that property in custody.