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Section 12: Sale of distrained property by public auction

The Meghalaya Credit Operation and Miscellaneous Provisions Rules, 1979.State Rules of Meghalaya · 1976

(1) The specified officer may sell or cause to be sold by public auction any properly distrained under Rule 7 or such part thereof as may, in his opinion, be necessary to satisfy the demand together with expenses of the distraint and the costs of the sale.

(2) The distrainer shall, at any time before the date of sale, cause proclamation of the date and place of the intended sale to be made by beat of drum in the village in which the agriculturist or his heir or legal representative resides or the said property is kept and in such other place or places as the specified officer may consider necessary to give due publicity to the intended sale.

(3) The specified officer may, in his discretion, adjourn the sale to a specified day recording for such adjournment. Where a sale is adjourned for a longer period than fifteen days, a fresh proclamation under sub-rule (2) shall be made unless the agriculturist or his heir or legal representative consents to waive it.

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ActThe Meghalaya Credit Operation and Miscellaneous Provisions Rules, 1979.
Section12
Marginal noteSale of distrained property by public auction
JurisdictionState of Meghalaya
StatusIn force as published by the source

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