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Section 71. Responsibility of finder of goods


Category of Bare Act Name of the Act Year of Promulgation
Civil Laws Indian Contract Act, 1872 1872
Act Number Enactment Date Chapter Number
9 1872-04-25 5
Chapter Title Ministry Department
Of certain relation resembling those created by contract Ministry of Law and Justice, Legislative Department Department of Law and Legislative Affairs

A person who finds goods belonging to another, and takes them into his custody, is subject to the same responsibility as a bailee.1

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1.See sections 151 and 152,infra.

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