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Act 6 of 1878

Preamble

Indian Treasure Trove Act, 1878 (ACT NO. VI OF 18781) (12th February 1878) An Act to amend the law relating to Treasure Trove [As modified upto the 1st September, 1949] WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law relating to Treasure-trove; It is hereby enacted as follows: -- Preliminary

Sections

Type to filter. 21 sections.

1. 1Short title
2. 2
3. 3Interpretation clause
4. 4Notice by finder of treasure
5. 5Notification requiring claimants to appear
6. 6Forfeiture of right on failure to appear
7. 7Matters to be enquired into and determined by the Collector
8. 8Time to be allowed for suit by person claiming the treasure
9. 9When treasure may be declared ownerless
10. 10Proceedings subsequent to declaration
11. 11When no other person claims as owner of place, treasure to be given to finder
12. 12
13. 13
14. 14Settlement of such dispute
15. 15and division thereupon
16. 16Power to acquire the treasure on behalf of the Government
17. 17Decision of Collector final, and no suit to lie against him for acts done bona fide
18. 18Collector to exercise powers of Civil Court
19. 19Power to make rules
20. 20Penalty on finder failing to give notice, etc
21. 21Penalty on owner abetting offense under section 20

Provenance. Read from the Government's own scanned gazette with Azure Document Intelligence, then split into sections by their numbering. India Code publishes no text for this Act. The scan itself is mirrored into our own storage and served at /scan/c28e3d9d-314d-4e55-b062-f1900c99a1a9.pdf, so the reading here can be checked against the page it came from without depending on India Code's own copy staying where it is (it was at https://indiacode.gov.in/server/api/core/bitstreams/676a7a1c-317d-4076-8ce8-e124add6e277/content).

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