Railway Act Article 53
Railway institutions shall announce notices to make claims for the freight, safekeeping items, or items left behind of unknown ownership, and shall gain the ownership of unclaimed items after one year of said announcement.Railway institutions may auction the freight, safekeeping items, or items left behind during the announcement period if the item is perishable, difficult to keep, or if its value will obviously not compensate for transportation and miscellaneous expenses, and shall temporarily retain the auctioned income for safekeeping.
中文原文 鐵路法第53條
對於所有人不明之運送物、寄存品或遺留物，鐵路機構應公告招領。
經公告一年後仍無權利人領取時，鐵路機構即取得其所有權。
前項運送物、寄存品或遺留物，如有易於腐壞之性質或保管困難或顯見其價值不足抵償運雜費時，鐵路機構得於公告期間先行拍賣，保管其價金。
經公告一年後仍無權利人領取時，鐵路機構即取得其所有權。
前項運送物、寄存品或遺留物，如有易於腐壞之性質或保管困難或顯見其價值不足抵償運雜費時，鐵路機構得於公告期間先行拍賣，保管其價金。