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(1) The said authority of officer shall forthwith enter, in a book to be kept for that purpose. (a) the description of the property, (b) the name and address of the driver or other person who brings it, (c) the name and address of the owner of the hackney carriage in which it was left, and the registered number of the carriage; and (d) the day and hour when the property is brought and shall give to the person bringing the property a receipt for the same. (2) If the property is deposited in a police station, the officer receiving the property shall forthwith forward the same to the registering authority with a copy of the entries made in the book in respect of the property. (3) The property deposited under sub-section (1) shall be delivered to the person who satisfies the registering authority that it belongs to him, upon payment of all expenses incurred by the owner or driver together with such reasonable sum as the registering authority may award; Provided that- (i) If the property is not claimed and the ownership established within six months from the date of deposit, the registering authority may cause the property to be advertised and sold by public auction; (ii) When the property so deposited is subject to speedy and natural decay or when the expenses of keeping it in custody is likely to exceed its value the registering authority may cause it to be sold at once; and the proceeds, after deducting the expenses together with such reasonable sum as the registering authority may award to the owner or driver, may be forbeited to the Government, if within the period aforesaid the ownership is not established.