{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:article:444","workId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:en","title":"Attachment of Movable Property Other Than Agricultural Produce","number":"444","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/444/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK VII — ATTACHMENT AND EXECUTION OF DECREES","title":"TITLE II — MODES OF EXECUTION","chapter":"Chapter 2. — Attachment of Property"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"Where the property to be attached is movable property, other than agricultural produce, in the possession of the judgment-debtor, the attachment shall be made by actual seizure, and the execution officer shall, subject to the provisions of sub-Article (2), keep the property in a safe place, and shall be responsible for the due custody thereof.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/444/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":231,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/231/?article=444&paragraph=p1#article-444-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"When the property seized is subject to speedy and natural decay, or when the expense of keeping it in custody is likely to exceed its value, the execution officer may sell it at once.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/444/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":231,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/231/?article=444&paragraph=p2#article-444-p2"}]}],"caution":"This is the English-language edition published in 2015 and attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Refworld labels it an unofficial translation. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force."}