Code of Criminal Procedure
CrPC 459 is now BNSS 505.
Power to sell perishable property · The NCRB table marks it as changed. Compare the wording below.
Modified
96% of the old wording kept
Old · CrPC 1973 · Ch. XXXIV
s. 459
Power to sell perishable property
If the person entitled to the possession of such property is unknown or absent and the property is subject to speedy and natural decay, or if the Magistrate to whom its seizure is reported is of opinion that its sale would be for the benefit of the owner, or that the value of such property is 1[less than five hundred rupees], the Magistrate may at any time direct it to be sold; and the provisions of sections 457 and 458 shall, as nearly as may be practicable, apply to the net proceeds of such sale.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNSS 2023 · Ch. XXXVI
s. 505
Power to sell perishable property.
If the person entitled to the possession of such property is unknown or absent and the property is subject to speedy and natural decay, or if the Magistrate to whom its seizure is reported is of opinion that its sale would be for the benefit of the owner, or that the value of such property is less than ten thousand rupees, the Magistrate may at any time direct it to be sold; and the provisions of sections 503 and 504 shall, as nearly as may be practicable, apply to the net proceeds of such sale.
Text from India Code