Section 57: Procedure when offender not known, or cannot be found

57. Procedure when offender not known, or cannot be found .—When the offender is not known or cannot be found, the Magistrate may, if he finds that an offence has been committed, order the property in respect of which the offence has been committed to be confiscated and taken charge of by the Forest-officer, or to be made over to the person whom the Magistrate deems to be entitled to the same: Provided that no such order shall be made until the exp iration of one month from the date of seizing such property, or without hearing the person, if any, claiming any rig thereto, and the evidence, if any, which he may produce in support of his claim.

Effective date: 1927-01-01

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