Section 12(7)(v) in Tamil Nadu Pawnbrokers Rules, 1943
(v)The auctioneer shall send a copy of the printed catalogue by registered post with acknowledgement due to the pawner to his last known address at least forty-five days before the date fixed for the sale. If the notice so sent is returned undelivered for some reason or the other, the auctioneer shall, within the seven days from the date of receipt of the undelivered notice, send to the Village Administrative Officer or the Village Officer, as the case may be, having jurisdiction over the last known address of the pawner, two copies of the printed catalogue with a requisition in writing that a copy of the catalogue should be served on the pawner by affixture on a conspicuous place of the house or premises in which the pawner is known to reside or has last resided or carried on business or personally worked for gain. The Village Administrative Officer, or the Village Officer, as the case may be, on receipt of the two copies of the printed catalogue, shall have one copy served by affixture and also have proclamation made at the place of the contents of the catalogue relating to the pawner by beat of drum, within seven days from the date of receipt of the relating to the requisition of the auctioneer. The Village Administrative Officer or the Village Officer, as the case may be, shall furnish to the auctioneer a certificate of such affixture and proclamation, within five days from the date of such affixture and proclamation. The auctioneer shall not take further action to auction the pledge of the pawner till the acknowledgement of the pawner for having received the printed catalogue or the certificate of affixture and proclamation referred to above is received by him.