CrPC Section 459. Power to sell perishable property

Category of Bare Act Name of the Act Year of Promulgation
Criminal Laws Code of Criminal Procedure 1973
Act Number Enactment Date Chapter Number
02 01-04-1974 34
Chapter Title Ministry Department
Disposal Of Property Ministry of Home Affairs Department of Internal Security

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.

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1. Subs. by Act 25 of 2005, sec. 41, for “less than ten rupees”(w.e.f. 23-6-2006).