The Committee shall be composed of a chairman and members not exceeding eight in number.

The Chairman and members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Minister of Finance from among personnel of government agencies concerned and persons of learning and experience, and their tenure of office shall be two years.

The Chairman and members shall serve parttime.

The complainant, who is dissatisfied with the decision of the Minister of Finance under the preceding paragraph, may take the case to court.

In the case where police officer, police official or mayor of city, town or village regards the articles submitted in accordance with the provision of the preceding Article, or the lost articles, driftages or submerged articles taken in his custody in accordance with the provisions of the Laws under the preceding paragraph, as the article coming under the provision of the preceding paragraph, he shall submit them to the nearest customs office at once.

In case the article, which has been returned in accordance with the provision of the preceding paragraph, is the one submitted or delivered in pursuance of the provisions of Article 85-(2), the receiver in such article shall pay the finder of such article an amount not less than five-hundredths and not more than twenty-hundredths of the value of such article as reward;provided however, that any finder of such article, who has failed, within seven day as from the day of the finding, to go through the formalities under Article 1 paragraph 1 or Article 11 paragraph 1 of the Law concerning the Lost Articles, Article 24 paragraph 1 of the Sea Casualities Rescue Law, or Article 85-(2) paragraph 1 of this Law, and any person, who has found such article in the course of his official duty, shall not claim for such reward.

When, on account of the unknown whereabout of the person, who is entitled to the return of article under the provision of paragraph 1, or for, other reasons, the return of such article is unable to be effected, the superintendent of custom house shall make public notice to that effect.

In case no claim for the return has been made within six months as from the day of the public notice as provided for in the preceding paragraph, the article shall revert to the Treasury.

In case the article under paragraph 1 is live animal or plant, or is rotten or feared to rot, or do damage to the warehouse or the other articles stored therein, it may be put on public sale irrespective of the time limit under the preceding paragraph.

The provisions of Article 6 of the Law concerning the Lost Articles and the provisions of Articles 51-(2) and 52 of the Customs Law shall apply mutatis mutandis to the claim for reward under paragraph 2 and the public sale under the preceding paragraph respectively.

The amount of the special permission fee under the preceding paragraph shall be determined on the basis of the number of hours, for which the custom house is opened for business on Sunday, holiday, or outside the regular hours of business on any day other than Sunday and holiday, in the case of a fee to be paid by the person who has obtained the special permission under Article 17, Article 26 or Article 101-(7), or on the basis of the net tonnage of the foreign trade vessed in the case of a fee to be paid by the person who has obtained the special permission under Article 18 paragraph 1, or by applying mutatis mutandis the provision of the preceding Article in the case of a fee to be paid by the person who has obtained the special permission under Article 29-(2), and on the basis of the number of hours required for the examination in the case of a fee to be paid by the person who has obtained the special permission under Article 31-(2).