Section 26: Magistrate may detain property and issue proclamation.

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

(1) The Magistrate of the district may detain the property and issue a proclamation, specifying the articles of which it consists, and requiring any person who has any claim thereto to appear and establish his right to the same within six months from the date of such proclamation.

[(2) The provisions of section 525 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1882 (10 of 1882), shall be applicable to property referred to in this section.]

Where this provision sits

Act	The Police Act, 1861
Section	26
Marginal note	Magistrate may detain property and issue proclamation.
Jurisdiction	Central
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.

inserted, Act 8 of 1895. . Ins. by Act 8 of 1895, s. 7.
other. . See now the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), s. 459.

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