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(8) (i) The State Police Chief may fix the norms from time to time for fixing the rates of fee to be levied for keeping such articles taking into account the size and nature of such article undertaken in the charge of the police under sub-section (1),
- (ii) The District Police Chief may, on any day, sell the said article in auction after the fee to be levied from the claimant for keeping such article becomes half the market value of the article.
Provided that no such charges shall be collected from the actual owner of the article for the first seven days after the article was undertaken by the Police or for any period after the date of such article being taken for Government use.
(9) Where an unclaimed article had been sold in auction and later it is found that the actual owner had been wrongfully dispossessed of the article by another person and at the appropriate time he had reported that matter legally to the concerned authorities in time, the entire sale proceeds of such article shall be returned to the actual owner without deducting any amount as fees.
(10) No Police Officer shall keep in custody any unclaimed live-stock or article liable to speedy decay for more than one day and such officer shall not be held liable for any loss caused to anyone by reason of conducting auction of such articles forthwith.
(11) No Police Officer shall make good, any loss, real or notional, caused to anybody by reason of the conducting auction as such of any unclaimed article referred to in sub-section (1) after thirty days from the date on which the article came into the possession of the police.
57 Police to attempt to locate missing persons—(1) Whenever a Station House Officer receives any information from which he reasonably suspects that any person is missing and there are circumstances to believe that,—
- (a) such person is in danger or not under the protection of lawful guardianship, or
- (b) such person may be subjected to some dangerous offence, or
- (c) such person is absconding himself to prevent someone from implementing a lawful right declared by any court,
such officer shall register the information in a manner similar to the procedure prescribed for a cognizable offence and take immediate action to locate the missing person.
