CrPC § 524 — Procedure where no claimant appears within six months

Statutory text (English)

(1) If no person within such
period establishes his claim to such property, and if the person in whose possession such property was
found, is unable to show that it was legally acquired by him, such property shall be at the disposal of the
[Provincial Government] and may be sold under the orders of 2* * 3[Magistrate of the First Class]
empowered by the
[Provincial Government] in this behalf.

(2) In the case of every order passed under this section, an appeal shall lie to the Court to which appeals
against sentences of the Court passing such order would lie.

Source and verification

Source citation: CrPC (Act V of 1898) s.524: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE' (Act No. V of 1898, last amended 2017-02-16), p. 185, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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