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The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Section 504. Procedure where no claimant appears within six months.

(1) If no person within such period establishes his claim to such property, and if the person in whose possession such property was found is unable to show that it was legally acquired by him, the Magistrate may by order direct that such property shall be at the disposal of the State Government and may be sold by that Government and the proceeds of such sale shall be dealt with in such manner as the State Government may, by rules, provide. (2) An appeal shall lie against any such order to the Court to which appeals ordinarily lie from convictions by the Magistrate.

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Replaces

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, Section 458. Procedure when no claimant appears within six months
(1) If no person within such period establishes his claim to such property, and if the person in whose possession such property was found is unable to show that it was legally acquired by him, the Magistrate may by order direct that such property shall be at the disposal of the State Government and may be sold by that Government and the proceeds of such sale shall be dealt with in such manner as may be prescribed. (2) An appeal shall lie against any such order to the Court to which appeals ordinarily lie from convictions by the Magistrate.

Pair from: BPR&D correspondence tables (bprd.mha.gov.in; A. K. Yadav, CAPT Bhopal)

Cases citing this section

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