1[when convicting such person or at any time within one month from the date of the conviction] order 2[the
person dispossessed] to be restored to the possession of the same [whether such property is in the possession
or under the control of [the person convicted or of any other person to whom it may have been transferred
for any consideration or otherwise.]
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(2) No such order shall prejudice any right or interest to or in such immovable property which any
person may be able to establish in a civil suit.
[(3) An order under this section may be made by any Court of appeal, confirmation, reference or
revision.]
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[522A. Power to restore possession of moveable property._(1) Whenever a person is convicted of an
offence of criminal misappropriation of property or criminal breach of trust or cheating or forgery and it
appears to the Court that, by such misappropriation, breach of trust, cheating or forgery, any person has
been dispossessed or otherwise deprived of any moveable property, the Court may, if thinks fit, when
convicting such person of at any time within one month from the date of the convection, order the person
dispossessed or deprived of the property, where such property can be identified, to be restored to the
possession of such property, whether such property is in the possession or under the control of the person
convicted or of any other person to whom it may have been transferred for any consideration or otherwise.
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(2) Where the property referred to in subsection (1) cannot be identified or has been disposed of by the
accused so that it may not be identified, the Court may order such compensation to be paid to the person
dispossessed or deprived of such property as it may determine in the circumstances of the case.
(3) No order referred to in subsection (1) or subsection (2) shall prejudice any right or interest in any
moveable property which any person may be able to establish in a civil suit.]
523. Procedure by police upon seizure of property taken under section 51 or stolen.(1) The seizure
by any police officer of property taken under Section 51, or alleged or suspected to have been stolen, or
found under circumstances which create suspicion of the commission of any offence, shall be forthwith
reported to a Magistrate, who shall make such order as he thinks fit respecting the disposal of such property
or the delivery of such property to the person entitled to the possession thereof, or, if such person cannot be
ascertained, respecting the custody and production of such property.
[(2) Procedure where owner of property seized unknown. If the person so entitled is known, the
Magistrate may order the property to be delivered to him on such conditions (if any) as the Magistrate thinks
fit. If such person is unknown, the Magistrate may detain it and shall, in such case, issue a proclamation
specifying the articles of which such property consists, and requiring any person who may have a claim
thereto, to appear before him and establish his claim within six months from the date of such proclamation.
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1 Ins. by the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment.) Act, 1923 (18 of 1923), s.143.
2 Subs. ibidi., for “such person”.
3 Added by Ordinance 17 of 1984, s.2.
4 Subsection (3) ins. by the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amdt.) Act, 1923 (18 of 1923), s. 143.
5 Section 522A ins. by the code of Criminal Procedure (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1984 (17 of 1984), s.3.
6 Amended in its application to the Pronvice of Punjabsee West Punjab Ordinance 3 of 1948.
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