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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Police Act, 1861 Section 27

Confiscation of Property if No Claimant Appears

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/37682

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Police Act, 1861 Section 27 is part of Police Act, 1861 - Confiscation of Property if No Claimant Appears. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

{Substituted by Act 8 of 1895, s.8, for the original section} {Substituted by Act 8 of 1895, section 8, for the original section}

(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 ant orders of the Magistrate of the district.

(2) The sale-proceeds of property sold under the preceding subsection and the proceeds of property sold under section to which no claim has been established shall be {Substituted by the A.O.1937, for " at the disposal of Govt."} [at the disposal of the State Government].

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