Section 393

If within 3 months from the publication of a notification under section 392 (4) no person establishes a claim to such property and if the person in whose possession the property was found is unable to show that it was legally acquired by him, the property may be sold on the order of the Commissioner of Police.

If within 6 months from the publication of the notification no person has established a claim to the property, the ownership of the property or, if sold, of the net proceeds of it, shall thereupon pass to and be vested in the Government.

Where any property detained in police custody on an order of a Magistrate’s Court made under section 392 (4) is subject to speedy and natural decay or is, in the opinion of the Commissioner of Police, of less value than $50, or where its custody involves unreasonable expense or inconvenience, the property may be sold at any time, and section 392 and this section shall, as nearly as may be practicable, apply to the net proceeds of the sale.[392