 bill no 82 of  2017 the code of criminal procedure (amendment) bill, 2017 by shri sushil kumar singh, mp a billfurther to amend the code of criminal procedure, 1973be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of  india as follows:—2 of 19742 in section 451 of the code of criminal procedure, 1973,—amendment of section 451(i) for the words "the court may", the words "the court shall, within sixty days from the date such property is produced before it,'' shall be substituted; and5(ii) after the words "disposed of", the words "in such manner, as may be prescribed by notification by the central government in consultation with the state governments" shall be inserted statement of objects  and reasonscriminal litigation in india is a long drawn out process under the relevant criminal laws, any property related to the trial has to be confiscated or be kept in the custody of the police station for being recorded as evidence though the code of criminal procedure, 1973 provides for disposal of property pending trial, the absence of any time limit to adjudicate the disposal of property often leads to destruction of the said property as it is confiscated for a long time the non-disposal of property such as vehicles, cement packets, foodgrains and other items leads to their decay and, subsequently, they become obsolete and non-usable it is, therefore, recommended that a time-bound disposal of application for disposal of property which has been confiscated during the pendency of trial is essential such a time-bound decision will ensure that the property is not wasted and it doesn't become a burden for the police or the court to continuously monitor the upkeep of such property the state government is also required to prescribe the rules and procedure for dealing with such property and ensuring that existing registration of movable property such as car is cancelled and the products are freshly auctioned in order to avoid any further hardship to the buyer or acquirer of the propertyhence this billnew delhi;sushil kumar singhmarch 11,  2017 memorandum   regarding   delegated   legislationclause 2 of the bill empowers the state government to make rules for disposal of property subject to speedy and natural decay within sixty days of producing of such property before any criminal court as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character annexure extracts from the code of criminal procedure, 1973 (no 2 of 1974)    451 when any property is produced before any criminal court during an inquiry or trial, the court may make such order as it thinks fit for the proper custody of such property pending the conclusion of the inquiry or trial, and, if the property is subject to speedy and natural decay, or if it is otherwise expedient so to do, the court may, after recording such evidence as it thinks necessary, order it to be sold or otherwise disposed oforder for custody and disposal of property pending trial in certain casesexplanation—for the purposes of this section, ''property'' includes—(a) property of any kind or document which is produced before the court or which is in its custody(b) any property regarding which an offence appears to have been committed or which appears to have been used for the commission of any offence      lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the code of  criminal procedure, 1973————(shri sushil kumar singh, mp)gmgipmrnd—5705ls(s3)—16-06-2017