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Section 36H: Chief Metropolitan Magistrate and District Magistrate to assist recovery officer in taking charge of property

The National Housing Bank Act, 1987Central Act · Act 53 of 1987

[36H. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate and District Magistrate to assist recovery officer in taking charge of property.--(1) Where any property is sold or leased in pursuance of any power conferred by section 36E, the recovery officer may, for the purpose of taking into custody or under control any such property, request, in writing, the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate or the District Magistrate within whose jurisdiction any such property or other documents relating thereto may be situated or found to take possession thereof, and the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate or as the case may be, the District Magistrate shall, on such request being made to him,--

(a) take possession of such property and documents relating thereto; and

(b) forward them to the recovery officer.

(2) For the purpose of securing compliance with the provisions of sub-section (1), the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate or the District Magistrate may take or cause to be taken such steps and use, or cause to be used, such force, as may, in his opinion, be necessary.

(3) No act of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate or the District Magistrate done in pursuance of this section shall be called in question in any court or before any authority.]

Where this provision sits

ActThe National Housing Bank Act, 1987
Section36H
Marginal noteChief Metropolitan Magistrate and District Magistrate to assist recovery officer in taking charge of property
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn 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.

  • inserted, Act 15 of 2000. . Ins. by Act 15 of 2000, s. 20 (w.e.f. 12-6-2000).

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