Section 7 of SRA : Section 7: Recovery Of Specific Movable Property

Explanation using Example

Imagine John lent his friend, Mike, a valuable painting with the understanding that Mike would return it after one month. After the month passed, Mike refuses to return the painting. John, being the owner and thus entitled to the possession of that specific movable property (the painting), can file a lawsuit to recover it, using the procedures outlined in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.

In this context, Explanation 1 would apply if John had given the painting to Mike for safekeeping, acting as a trustee for a charity to which the painting was supposed to be donated. John could still sue to recover the painting on behalf of the charity.

According to Explanation 2, even if John had only a temporary right to the painting because he was planning to exhibit it in a gallery for a short period before it was donated, he would still have the right to sue Mike to recover it.