ICA Section 71: Responsibility of finder of goods
Indian Contract Act, 1872 · Chapter 5: Certain Relations Resembling Those Created by Contract
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71. Responsibility of finder of goods . A person who finds goods belonging to another, and takes them into his custody, is subject to the same responsibility as a bailee.
Official reference: India Code, Legislative Department — checked: 29 September 2026.
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Other sections in this chapter
- 68. Claim for necessaries supplied to person incapable of contracting, or on his account
- 69. Reimbursement of person paying money due by another, in payment of which he is interested
- 70. Obligation of person enjoying benefit of non-gratuitous act
- 72. Liability of person to whom money is paid or thing delivered by mistake or under coercion