Section 24

On receiving a notice under section 23 of this Act or where any such treasure trove or suspected treasure trove has been delivered to him under section 23(4) the District Officer shall cause a notice to be published in the Gazette in 2 successive issues requiring all persons claiming the treasure trove or any part thereof to appear personally or by agent before the District

Officer on a day and at a place therein mentioned such day not being earlier than 2 months or later than 3 months after the date of the first publication of such notification in the Gazette. Such notice may also be published locally in the District for a period not less than one month and a copy thereof shall be posted at the place where the treasure trove was found.

Antiquities and Treasure Trove

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Where the owner or occupier of the place in which the treasure trove appears to the District Officer to have been discovered was at the date of discovery some person other than the finder, the District Officer shall also serve on such person a notice in writing to the same effect.

Forfeiture of right for failing to appear.