Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002
14. Chief
Metropolitan Magistrate or District Magistrate to assist secured creditor in
taking possession of secured asset.-
1.
Where
the possession of any secured asset is required to be taken by the secured
creditor or if any of the secured asset is required to be sold or transferred
by the secured creditor under the provisions of this Act, the secured creditor
may, for the purpose of taking possession or control of any such secured asset,
request, in writing, the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate or the District
Magistrate within whose jurisdiction any such secured asset or other documents
relating thereto may be situated or found, to take possession thereof, and the
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate or, as the case may be, the District Magistrate
shall, on such request being made to him-
a. take possession of
such asset and documents relating thereto; and
b. forward such asset
and documents to the secured creditor.
1.
2.
For
the purpose of securing compliance with the provisions of sub-section (1), the
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate or the District Magistrate may take or cause to
be taken such steps and use, or cause to be used, such force, as may, in his
opinion, be necessary.
3.
No
act of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate or the District Magistrate done in
pursuance of this section shall be called in question in any court or before
any authority.