Act Info:
THE FORFEITURE ACT, 1859
[Act, No.9 of 1859]
[AS ON 1956]
[30th April, 1859]
PREAMBLE
An Act to provide for the adjudication of claims to property seized as forfeited.
WHEREAS it is expedient {Certain words were rep.by Act 12 of 1891} to remove doubts concerning the powers of officers or other persons to whom commissions may have been issued for the trial of heinous offences in certain districts, and concerning the validity of convictions and adjudications of forfeiture made by such officers or other persons; It is enacted as follows:--