Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
III. And it is herby enacted, that if the Magistrate or other Officer as aforesaid shall, in the cases mentioned in Section II. of this Act, be Unable to satisfy himself as to what party was in possession of the subject of dispute when the dispute arose, he may attach the subject of dispute until the rights of the parties be determined by a competent Court, giving the Collector information of the attachment ; and if the subject of dispute be Land, the provision of Regulation V. of 1827 regarding attachment by order of a Zillah or City Court shall apply to attachments by order of a Magistrate or other Officer as aforesaid made under this Section.
Source: India Code