Recovery of due

(1) The following moneys, namely, (a) all excise revenue, (b) any loss that may accrue when a grant has been taken under management by the Collector or transferred by rum under section 33, and (c) all amounts due to the Government by any person on account of any contract relating to the excise-revenue, may be treated as arrear of land revenue and recovered from the person primarily liable to pay the same of from his surety (if any), as per provision of the Law in force for recovery of arrear of land revenue. (2) When a grant has been taken under management by the Collector, or has been transferred by him, under section 33 the Collector, may recover, in any manner authorised by sub-section (1), any money due to the grantee by any lissee of assignee. (3) When any money is due, in respect of an exclusive privilege, to a grantee referred to in section 24 from any person holding under him, such grantee may apply to the Collector and the Collector may recover such money on his halt in either of the ways provided by sub-section (1): Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall affect the right of any such grantee to recover any such money by a civil suit.