Section 517: Order for disposal of property regarding which offence committed

(1) When an inquiry or a trial in any Criminal Court is concluded, the Court may make such order as it thinks fit for the disposal [by destruction, confiscation, or delivery to any person claiming to be entitled to possession thereof or otherwise] of any property or document produced before it or in its custody or regarding which any offence appears to have been committed, or which has been used for the commission of any offence. (2) When a High Court or a Court of Session makes such order and cannot through its own officers conveniently deliver the property to the person entitled thereto, such Court may direct that the order be carried into effect by the [District Officer (Revenue)]. [(3) When an order is made under this section such order shall not, except where the property is livestock or subject to speedy and natural decay, and save as provided by sub section (4), be carried out for one month, or, when an appeal is presented, until such appeal has been disposed of. (4) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit any Court from delivering any property under the provisions of sub section (1) to any person claiming to be entitled to the possession thereof, on his executing a bond with or without sureties to the satisfaction of the Court, engaging to restore such property to the Court if the order made under this section is modified or set aside on appeal.] Explanation. In this section the term “property” includes in the case of property regarding which an offence appear to have been committed, not only such property as has been originally in the possession or under the control of any party, but also any property into or for which the same may have been converted or exchanged, and anything acquired by such conversion or exchange, whether immediately or otherwise.

Effective date: 1898-07-01

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