(1) Where any property has been taken charge of under sub-section (1) of section 66, the Commissioner of Police shall issue a proclamation specifying the articles of which such property consists and requiring that any person who may have a claim thereto shall appear before him or some other officer whom he authorises in this behalf and establish his claim within six months from the date of such proclamation.
(2) If the property, or any part thereof, is subject to speedy and natural decay or consists of livestock or if the property appears to be of the value of less than fifty rupees, it may forthwith be sold by auction under the orders of the Commissioner of Police and the net proceeds of such sale shall be dealt with in the same manner as is hereinafter provided for the disposal of the said property.
(3) Where any person who has a claim to the property is required by the proclamation under sub-section (1) to appear before the other officer authorised by the Commissioner of Police in that behalf and establish his claim, such officer shall forward the record of the proceedings before him with his findings thereon to the Commissioner of Police.
Section 61 Power to enter places of public resort
Section 62 Power to search suspected persons in street, etc
Section 63 Emergency duties of police
Section 64 Superior police officer may himself perform duties imposed on a subordinate officer
Section 65 Persons bound to comply with the reasonable directions of police officer
Section 66 Police to take charge of unclaimed property
Section 67 Procedure for disposal of property taken charge of under section 66
Section 68 Delivery of property to person entitled
Section 69 In default of claim, property to be at disposal of Government