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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Indian Forest Act, 1927 Section 57

Procedure when Offender Not Known or Cannot Be Found

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Indian Forest Act, 1927 Section 57 is part of Indian Forest Act, 1927 - Procedure when Offender Not Known or Cannot Be Found. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

When the offender is not known or cannot be found, the Magistrate may, if he finds that an offence has been committed, order the property in respect of which the offence has been committed to be confiscated and taken charge of by the Forest-officer or to be made over to the person whom the Magistrate deems to be entitled to the same:

Provided that no such order shall be made until the expiration of one month from the date of seizing such property, or without hearing the person, if any, claiming any right thereto, and the evidence, if any, which he may produce in support of his claim.

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What does Indian Forest Act, 1927 Section 57 provide?

Section Section 57 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (Procedure when Offender Not Known or Cannot Be Found) is reproduced on this page as part of the Indian Forest Act, 1927. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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