{"ActName":"POLICE ACT 1965","FootNoteRels":[],"IsFirstSection":"false","act_description":"

AN ACT TO MAKE BETTER PROVISION FOR THE ORGANISATION, DISCIPLINE, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE POLICE FORCE AND FOR MATTERS INCIDENTAL THERETO

","act_last_updated":"01 December 2016","section_html":"

[POL 25]\u2003Disposal of unclaimed property25\u2003

(1)\u2003It shall be the duty of every police officer to take charge of all unclaimed property and deliver the same to a police station, where the police officer in charge shall cause to be posted in some conspicuous place, a notice specifying such property, and calling upon any person who may have any claim thereto to appear and establish his or her claim within one month from the date of such notice.
(2)\u2003Such property, if no person shall within one month from the date of the notice aforesaid establish his or her claim thereto, may be sold or otherwise disposed of or destroyed in such manner as the Commissioner may direct.
(3)\u2003The proceeds of the sale of such property shall, if no claim thereto has been established within the period aforementioned and after deduction of any expenses incurred by such sale, be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
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