Power to release property seized under section 13

The authorized officer may release any tool, rope, chain or other article or any boat, vehicle or animal seized under section 13 and in respect of which a report has been made to the Judicial Magistrate of the First Class under clause (a) of sub-section (3) or clause (a) of sub-section (4) of that section, on the execution by the owner thereof of a bond for the production of the property so released, if and when so required, before such Magistrate.