Section 25: Police-officers to take charge of unclaimed property, and be subject to Magistrates orders as to disposal.

The Police Act, 1861Central Act · Act 5 of 1861

It shall be the duty of every police-officer to take charge of all unclaimed property, and to furnish an inventory thereof to the Magistrate of the district.

The police-officers shall be guided as to the disposal of such property by such orders as they shall receive from the Magistrate of the district.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Police Act, 1861
Section	25
Marginal note	Police-officers to take charge of unclaimed property, and be subject to Magistrates orders as to disposal.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	1

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