The Andhra Pradesh Revenue Recovery (Amendment) Act, 1997

Short title and commencement:

1. (1) This Act may be called the Andhra Pradesh Revenue Recovery (Amendment) Act, 1997.
2. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette, appoint.

Amendment of section 52-A of Act II of 1864: In the Andhra Pradesh Revenue Recovery Act, 1864, in section 52-A, for sub-section (1), the following shall be substituted, namely: "(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the Collector or any other Revenue Officer authorized by the Collector in this behalf, may in addition to any other mode of recovery provided in this Act, sell by public auction the standing crops, trees or any other produce of the land, which is liable for the land revenue, or any other public revenue due to the Government, if the same is not paid within the time specified by the officer concerned, or within such further time as may be granted by him."