If cattle are not impounded as aforesaid the amount of security deposit shall, on application made by or on behalf of

Sale of cattle not claimed.- (1) If within ten days after any cattle has been impounded, no person appearing to be the owner of such cattle claims the cattle

under section 409 such cattle shall be forthwith sold by auction.

1. (2) If within the period specified in sub-section (1) the owner or his agent claims the cattle but refuses or fails to pay the pound-fees and the expenses chargeable under the next succeeding section, the cattle or as many of them as may be necessary, shall be sold by auction: Provided that, if the cattle is not sold at auction under sub-section (1) or subsection (2), it shall be disposed of in such other manner as the Government may by rules prescribe.
2. (3) The Government may make rule prescribing the manner in which auction under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) may be held.
3. (4) The surplus remaining after deducting the pound-fee and expenses aforesaid from the proceeds of the sale shall be paid to any person who within fifteen days after the sale, proves to the satisfaction of the Commissioner, that he was the owner of such cattle and shall, in any other case, form part of the municipal fund.
4. (5) No police officer, or councillor or officer or servant of the council, including the pond-keeper, shall directly or indirectly, purchase any cattle at a sale under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2).