Section 76. Time and conduct of sale.

(1)The sale shall not take place on a Sunday or other holiday, or till after the expiration of at least thirty days from the date on which the copy of the proclamation was pasted in the office of the Collector. (2) The sale shall be by public auction, and shall be conducted either by the Collector or by a subordinate Revenue Officer especially authorised by him in this behalf. (3) No person shall be permitted to bid at such sale who is under any law or rule enforced in the 1[Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir] prohibited from purchasing such property by private purchase.