Section 53: Power to release property seized under section 52

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253. Power to release property seized under section 52.—Any Forest-officer of a rank not inferior to that of a Ranger who, or whose subordinate, has seized any tools, boats, carts or cattle under section 52, may release the same on the execution by the owner thereof a bond for the production of the property so, released, if and when so required, before the Magistrate having jurisdiction to try the offence on account of which the seizure has been made.

Effective date: 1927-01-01

Related sections

Section 52: Seizure of property liable to confiscation Section 54: Procedure thereupon Section 51: Power to make rules and prescribe penalties Section 55: Forest-produce, tools, etc., when liable to confiscation Section 50: Payments to be made by claimant before timber is delivered to him Section 56: Disposal, on conclusion of trial for forest -offence, of produce in respect of which it

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