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Section 27

If upon an enquiry made under section 26 of this Enactment the District Officer or the

of Antiquities and Treasure Trove Enactment 1977

State EnactmentIn forceProvision 28 of 60
Section 27

President has reason to believe that the treasure trove was hidden within fifty years before the date of its discovery, and that a person appearing as required by the said notice and claiming such treasure trove or by some other person under which such person claims, the

District Officer or the President shall make an order adjourning the hearing of the case for such period as he deems sufficient to allow of a suit being instituted in a court of competent jurisdiction by the claimant to establish his right.

When treasure trove may be ownerless.