CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
459. Power to sell perishable property
505. Power to sell perishable property
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973
459. Power to sell perishable property.—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 that the value of such property is 1[less than five
hundred rupees], the Magistrate may at any time direct it to be sold; and the provisions of sections 457 and 458
shall, as nearly as may be practicable, apply to the net proceeds of such sale.
CHAPTER XXXV
IRREGULAR PROCEEDINGS
Legacy / repealed by BNSS India Code — CrPC 1973
BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023
505. Power to sell perishable property.—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 that the value of such
property is less than ten thousand rupees, the Magistrate may at any time direct it to be sold; and the
provisions of sections 503 and 504 shall, as nearly as may be practicable, apply to the net proceeds of such
sale.
CHAPTER XXXVII
IRREGULAR PROCEEDINGS
Current law India Code — BNSS 2023