583. Subject to articles 583.1 and 583.3, the seizing officer must entrust the property seized to the debtor, who must accept it. If the debtor is a legal person, the seizing officer may entrust the property to the senior officers or to one of them.
The debtor so constituted guardian cannot remove or damage the property, on pain of contempt of court and damages.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 583; 1975, c. 83, s. 34; 1977, c. 73, s. 19; 1992, c. 57, s. 304.