Bidding prohibited.

[Content provided in document header: Bidding prohibited.] (1) No employee of a municipal council, or any officer having any duty to perform in connection with the sale of movable or immovable property under this Act shall directly or indirectly bid for or acquire interest in any property sold at such sale. (2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1), shall, be punished with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees and shall also be liable to dismissal from service.