Attachment of movable property (other than growing crops and ungathered products) in the possession of defaulter

Attachment of movable property (other than growing crops and ungathered products) in the possession of defaulter.-

1. (1) Where the property to be attached is movable property (other than growing crops and ungathered products) in the possession of the defaulter, the attachment shall be made by actual seizure. The officer employed to make the attachment shall, after making the attachment, deliver a copy of the demand in writing to the defaulter endorsing thereon a list or inventory of the property attached and the details of the place where it is lodged or kept; and in the copy of the demand delivered to the defaulter it shall be stated that the property attached will be immediately brought to public sale, unless the amount in arrear together with the interest and the cost of process be previously discharged. Explanation .- For the purposes of this sub-section, touching of an article and declaring that it has been attached, shall be deemed to be attachment by actual seizure.
2. (2) The attachment shall, as far as possible, be made in the presence of two persons of the locality, other than Government servants, who shall be required to attest the list or the inventory of the property attached.
3. (3) When a defaulter is absent, a copy of the writing with the endorsement shall, immediately after the attachment, be left with some adult male member of his family living with him, or affixed at his usual place of residence or on the premises where the property was attached.