The INDIAN FOREST ACT, 1927

PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE

Section 58: Procedure as to perishable property seized under section 52.

The Magistrate may, notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, direct the sale of any property seized under section 52 and subject to speedy and natural decay, and may deal with the proceeds as he would have dealt with such property if it had not been sold.

STATE AMENDMENT Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh (UTs).— Section 58.-For section 58, substitute the following section, namely:– 58. Procedure as to perishable property seized under section 52. — The Authorised Officer under sub-section (2) of section 52, or the Magistrate may, notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, direct the sale of any property seized under section 52 and subject to speedy and natural decay, and may deal with the proceeds as he would have dealt had it not been sold. [Vide the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization (Adaptation of Central Laws) Order, 2020, notification No. S.O. 1123(E) dated (18-3-2020).]