Declaration as evacuee property

(1) Where the Custodian is of opinion that any property is evacuee property within the meaning of this Act, he may, after causing notice thereof to be given, in such manner as may be prescribed, to the persons interested, and after holding such inquiry into the matter as the circumstances of the case may permit, pass an order declaring any such property to be evacuee property. (2) Where, during the pendency of any proceeding under sub-section (1) for declaring any property to be evacuee property, any person interested in the property dies, the proceeding shall, unless the Custodian otherwise directs, be continued and disposed of as if such person were alive. (3) Where a notice has been issued under sub-section (1) in respect of any property, such property shall, pending the determination of the question whether it is evacuee property or otherwise, be incapable of being transferred or charged in any way except with the leave of the Custodian, and no person shall be capable of taking any benefit from such transfer or charge except with such leave. (4) The Custodian shall, notify by publication in the Official Gazette and in such other manner as may be prescribed, all properties declared by him to be evacuee properties under sub-section (1), within a period of thirty days from the date of the declaration. The Custodian of Evacuee Property shall give notice in writing to the tenant or occupant mentioned in Rule 2 or 3 or 4, as the case may be, requiring such tenant or occupant to intimate within 30 days from the date of service of the said notice whether he is willing to purchase the property or not.