Section 504 · Procedure where no claimant appears within six months
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(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.
(2) An appeal shall lie against any such order to the Court to which appeals ordinarily lie from convictions by the Magistrate.
Under the old law
BNSS 504CRPC 458
458. Procedure where no claimantappears within six months.
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