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Section 77: Power of railway administration to deliver goods or sale proceeds thereof in certain cases
Power of railway administration to deliver goods or sale proceeds thereof in certain cases.
Where no railway receipt is forthcoming and any consignment or the sale proceeds of any consignment are claimed by two or more persons, the railway administration may withhold delivery of such consignment or sale proceeds, as the case may be, and shall deliver such consignment or sale proceeds in such manner as may be prescribed.
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