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Sale or disposal to be deferred pending an appeal.— The sale or other disposal of anything confiscated under the Act shall be deferred till the period of appeal against the order of confiscation has expired, or, if an appeal has been made to the knowledge of the officer concerned against such order, then until the appeal is disposed off: Provided that an perishable article or an animal in respect of which no proper arrangement can be made for custody may be sold by public auction or disposed off, immediately, as the case may be and the sale proceed shall be credited to the Government, refund being made thereof in case the appeal is admitted. Rewards