Removal of property from apartments of women

Removal of property from apartments of women.- Where the officer making the attachment has reason to believe that the property of a defaulter is lodged within any apartments appropriated to women, which, by the usage of the community, are considered private, he shall, before entering such apartments, give notice, in the presence of two persons of the locality, other than the Government servants, for the removal of the women therefrom and furnish means for their removal in suitable manner, if they be women, who, according to the custom of the community, cannot appear in public, and shall also immediately remove from such apartments any property belonging to the defaulter found therein and leave them free to the former occupants.