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Section 27: Confiscation of property if no claimant appears.

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

[27. Confiscation of property if no claimant appears.--(1) If no person shall within the period allowed claim such property, or the proceeds thereof, if sold, it may, if not already sold under sub-section (2) of the last preceding section, be sold under the orders of the Magistrate of the district.

(2) The sale-proceeds of property sold under the preceding sub-section and the proceeds of property sold under section 26 to which no claim has been established shall be [ at the disposal of the [State] Government.]]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Police Act, 1861
Section27
Marginal noteConfiscation of property if no claimant appears.
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.

  • substituted, Act 8 of 1895. . Subs. by Act 8 of 1895, s. 8, for section 27.
  • substituted. . Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "at the disposal of Govt."
  • substituted. . Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "Provincial".

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