Section 82: Police to take charge of unclaimed property.

The Maharashtra Police Act.State Act of Maharashtra · Act 22 of 1951

(1) The Police shall take temporary charge-

(a) of all unclaimed property found by, or made over to them, and also

(b) of all property found lying in any public street, if the owner or person in charge of such property on being directed to remove the same, refuses or omits to do so.

(2) [In any area for which a Commissioner has been appointed] the property of which the Police have taken charge under sub-section (1) shall be handed over to the Commissioner.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Maharashtra Police Act.
Section	82
Marginal note	Police to take charge of unclaimed property.
Jurisdiction	State of Maharashtra
Status	In force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted, Bom. 56 of 1959. These words were substituted for the words, “In Greater Bombay” by Bom. 56 of 1959, s. 3, Sch.

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