Section 232. Purchases by certain officers prohibited; penalty  


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  • No officer
      making a sale as prescribed in section 231, or  guardian  of  an  infant
      party,  or  any  person  for  his benefit, directly or indirectly, shall
      purchase or be interested in the purchase of any of the  property  sold;
      except  that  a  guardian, where he is lawfully authorized to do so, may
      purchase for the benefit or in behalf of his ward. The violation of this
      section is a misdemeanor; and a purchase made contrary to  this  section
      is void.