Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
IV. And it is hereby enacted, that in default of such application, it shall be lawful for any two of such Officers at the expiration of five days from such seizure to appraise the Good and Chattels so seized, and to give notice in writing in the Form in the Schedule to this Act annexed (marked E.) of t he sale thereof at such time and place as they shall direct, after an interval of not less than two days, and that they shall file in the said Court a true copy of the said Notice, and that the same shall be sold accordingly, and that the said Officers shall forth with after realization of the produce of the said sale, pay over the amount thereof to the Chief Clerk of the said Court, and the amount of such produce shall be applied in satisfaction of the sum claimed to be due, together with the costs of the said distress, and that the surplus, if any, shall be returned to the party from whom the said rent was claimed to be due, provided that it shall be lawful for such party to direct that such sale shall take place in any other manner, such party giving security for any extra costs attending such mode of sale.
Source: India Code