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CHAPTER V OF CERTAIN RELATIONS RESEMBLING THOSE CREATED BY CONTRACT

Section 71: Responsibility of finder of goods

The Indian Contract Act, 1872

A person who finds goods belonging to another, and takes them into his custody, is subject to the same responsibility as a bailee1.

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  1. 1.See ss. 151 and 152, infra.

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  1. 1. Under Section 71 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, a person who finds goods belonging to another and takes them into his custody is subject to the same responsibility as:

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