Chapter VI — Special Provisions Relating To State Transport Undertakings
Section 106 — Disposal of article found in vehicles
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Act 59 of 1988)
Text of the section
Disposal of article found in vehicles.—Where any article found in any transport vehicle operated by the State transport undertaking is not claimed by its owner within the prescribed period, the State transport undertaking may sell the article in the prescribed manner and the sale proceeds thereof, after deducting the costs incidental to sale, shall be paid to the owner on demand.
Reproduced from the India Code text of the Act. Bracketed superscript numerals are the official footnote markers for earlier amendments.
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