BNSS 505 — Power to sell perishable property.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Statutory text

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  less  than  ten  thousand  rupees,  the  Magistrate  may  at  any  time  direct  it  to  be  sold;  and  the
provisions of sections 503 and 504 shall, as nearly as may be practicable, apply to the net proceeds of such
sale.

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