CHAPTER XXXVII IRREGULAR PROCEEDINGS Irregularities which do not vitiate proceedings. 506. If any Magistrate not empowered by law to do any of the following things, namely:— (a) to issue a search-warrant under section 97; (b) to order, under section 174, the police to investigate an offence; (c) to hold an inquest under section 196; (d) … Read more
Power to sell perishable property. 505. If the person entitled to the possession of such property is unknown or absent and the property is subject to speedy and natural decay, or if the Magistrate to whom its seizure is reported is of opinion that its sale would be for the benefit of the owner, or … Read more
Procedure where no claimant appears within six months. 504. (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 … Read more