( l) The said authority or officer shall forth\\-tth enter, in a book to be kept for that purpose- ( a) the description of the property;
(b) the name and addre~ of the driver or other person who brings it;
(c) the name and address of the owner of the hackney carriage in which it was left, and the registered number of the carriage, and
(d) the day and hour when the property is brought and shall give to the person bringing the property a receipt for the same.
(2) If the property is deposited in a police statiOn, the officer receivmg the property shall forthwith forward the same to the registe ring authonty wtth a copy of the entnes made in the book in respect of the property.
( 3) The property deposited under sub-section (I) shall be delivered to the person who sattsfies the registenng authonty that it belongs to !urn, upon payment of all expenses incurred by the owner or dnver together Wtth such reasonable sum as the registermg authonty may award.
Provided that-
(i) if the property 1s not claimed and the ownership establi shed wtthm s1x months from the date of depostt, the registering authority may cause the property to be advertised and sold by public auct10n;
(tt) when the property so deposited is subject to speedy and natural decay or when the expenses of keepmg it in custody 1s hkCiy to exceed its value the reg1stenng authonty may cause It to be sold at once ; and the proceeds, after deductmg the expenses together wtth such reasonable sum as the reg1stenng authonty may award to the owner or driver, may be forfetted to the Government, 1f wtthin the period aforesaid the ownership IS not established.
CHAPTER VI Prosecutions