Article 212 — Sequestration of property.

(I) Where a person is sentenced in his absence to h;;ivehis property sequestrated for an offence as defined in Art. 272 Penal Code, the court shall make an order: (a) requiring the execution officer to attach such property as may be attached under Art. 98 Penal Code and shall specify in such order the property to be attached; and (b) appointing a trustee to manage the property and on such appointment the execution officer shall hand over the property to such trustee against a detailed receipt. (2) The execution officer shall be responsible for ensuring that none of the property mentioned in Art. 97 (3) Penal Code be attached. The family of the convicted person may apply to the trustee for the release of any property wrongly attached. (3) An order of attachment made under sub-art. (I) shall remain in force until an application for its removal is made to the court by th~ competent autho- rity and thereupon the court shall order the attachment to be removed and the trustee discharged on submitting proper accounts.