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Section 158

The Telangana District Boards Act, 1955.State Act of Telangana · Act 1 of 1956

(1) In the case of the non-payment on demand of any toll leviable by a Board the person appointed to collect such toll may seize any vehicle or animal on which the toll is chargeable or any part of its burden which is of sufficient value to satisfy the demand, and may detain the same. He shall thereupon give the person in possession of the property seized a list of the property together with a written notice in the form of Schedule C that the said property will be sold as shall be specified in such notice.

(2) When any article seized is subject to speedy and natural decay, or when the expense of keeping it together Liability of lands, buildings, etc, for tax.

Power to seize animals, goods or vehicles on nonpayment of toll.

Power to sell property seized at once.

88 [Act No.I of 1956] with the amount of the toll chargeable is likely to exceed its value, the person seizing such article may inform the person in whose possession it was that it will be sold at once, and shall sell it or cause to be sold accordingly unless the amount of toll demanded be forthwith paid.

(3) If at any time before the sale is completed, the person whose property has been so seized tenders the amount of all expenses incurred, and of toll payable, the property seized shall forthwith be released.

(4) If no such tender is made, the property may be sold, and the proceeds of such sale shall be applied in payment of such toll and of the expenses incidental to the seizure, detention and sale.

(5) The surplus, if any, of the sale proceeds shall be credited to the District Fund and may, on application made to the Board in writing within three years next after the sale, be paid to the person in whose possession the property was when seized, and, if no such application is made, shall be the property of the Board.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Telangana District Boards Act, 1955.
Section158
JurisdictionState of Telangana
StatusIn force as published by the source

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