Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
63. Proceeding with sale, if, on expiration of time fixed, no suit is instituted.
64. Place and manner of sale.
65. Postponement of sale where fair price is not offered.
66. Payment of purchase-money.
67. Proceeds of sale.
68. Officers holding sales not to purchase.
69. Illegal acts of distrainer to be reported.
70. Recovery of expenses if no sale takes place.
71. Second proclamation of sale when arrears are adjudged to be due.
72. Distrainer to prove the arrear in suits to contest his demand.
73. Compensation for vexatious distress.
74. Suit by third party claiming property distrained.
63. On the expiration of the period fixed in the proclamation of sale, if the institution of a suit to contest the demand of the distrainer has not been certified to the proper officer in the manner hereinbefore provided, he shall, unless the said demand, with such costs of the distress as are allowed by him, be discharged in full, proceed, with the sanction of the Court, to sell the property, or such part thereof as may be necessary.
Source: India Code