Section 68: Procedure as to perishable property seized under section 62

The Karnataka Forest Act, 1963State Act of Karnataka · Act 5 of 1964

1[2[Subject to such rules as may be prescribed, the Forest Officer who made the seizure under section 62 or any other Forest Officer, may]2, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any other law, sell]1 any property seized under section 62 and subject to speedy and natural decay and may deal with the proceeds as he would have dealt with such property if it had not been sold 3[and shall report about every such sale to his official superior.]3

1. Substituted by Act 1 of 1981 w.e.f. 23.2.1981.

2. Substituted by Act 11 of 1984 w.e.f. 13.1.1984.

3. Inserted by Act 1 of 1981 w.e.f. 23.2.1981.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Karnataka Forest Act, 1963
Section	68
Marginal note	Procedure as to perishable property seized under section 62
Jurisdiction	State of Karnataka
Status	In force as published by the source

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