# 26 Magistrate may detain property and issue proclamation
(1) The Magistrate of the district may detain the property and issue a proclamation, specifying the articles of which it consists, and requiring any person who has any claim thereto to appear and establish his right to the same within six months from the date of such proclamation.
1 [(2) The provisions of section 525 of the 2Code of Criminal Procedure, 1882 (10 of 1882), shall be applicable to property referred to in this section.]
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1. Ins. by Act 8 of 1895, s. 7.
2. <i>See</i> now the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), s. 459.
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Police-officers always on duty and may be employed in, any part of district23
Duties of police-officers24
Police-officers may lay information, etc25
Police-officers to take charge of unclaimed property, and be subject to Magistrates orders as to disposal27
Confiscation of property if no claimant appears28
Persons refusing to deliver up certificate, etc., on ceasing to be police-officers29
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