The Bengal Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913

(1) This Act may be called the Bengal Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913; (2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may appoint by, notification in the Official Gazette. (3) It extends to the whole of Assam

The following amendments are hereby repealed: (a) The public Demands Recovery Act, 1895(Bengal Act of 1895) and (b) The Bengal public Demands Recovery (Amendment) Act, 1897(Bengal Act 1 of 1897)

ln this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context- (1) "Certificate-debtor" means the person named as debtor in a certificate filed under this Act, and includes any person whose name is substituted or added as debtor by the Certificate Officer; (2) "Certificate-holder" means the Government or person in whose favour a certificate has been filed under this Act, and includes any person whose name is" substituted or added as creditor by the Certificate Officer; (3) "Certificate Officer" means a Deputy Commissioner, a Sub-divisional Officer, and any officer, appointed by a Deputy Commissioner, with the sanction of the Commissioner to perform the functions of a Certificate Officer under this Act; (4) "movable property" includes growing crops; (5) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules; (6) "public demand" means any arrear or money mentioned or referred to in Schedule I, and includes any amount due to a bank of financial institution including any interest which may, by law, be chargeable thereon up to the date on which a certificate is signed under Part II; and (7) "rules" means rules and forms contained in Schedule II or made under section 39.

When the Certificate Officer is satisfied that any public demand payable to the Deputy Commissioner is due, he may sign a Certificate in the prescribed form, stating that the demand is due, and shall cause the certificate to be filed in his office.

(1) when any public demand payable to any person other than the Deputy Commissioner is due, such person may send to the Certificate Officer a written requisition in the prescribed form: Provided that no action shall be taken under this Act on a requisition made by a land mortgage bank registered or deemed to be registered under the Bengal Co-operative Societies Act, 1940 (Ben. Act XXI of 1940), or an assignee of such bank, unless the requisition be countersigned by the Registrar of Cooperative Societies, West Bengal. (2) Every such requisition shall be signed and verified in the prescribed manner, and, except in such cases as may be prescribed, shall be chargeable with the fee of the amount which would be payable under the Court-fees Act, 1870 (VII of 1870), in respect of a plaint, for the recovery of a sum of money equal to that stated in the requisition as being due.

On receipt of any such requisition, the Certificate Officer, if he is satisfied that the demand is recoverable and that recovery by suit is not barred by law, may sign a certificate, in the prescribed form, stating that the demand is due; and shall include in the certificate the fee (if any) paid under section 5, sub-section (2); and shall cause the certificate to be filed in his office.

when a certificate has been filed in the office of a Certificate Officer under section 4 or section 6, he shall cause to be served upon the certificate-debtor, in the prescribed manner, a notice in the prescribed form and a copy of the certificate.

from and after the service of' notice of any certificate under section 7 upon a certificate-debtor,- (a) any private transfer or delivery of any of his immovable property situated in the district in which the certificate is filed, or of any interest in any such property, shall be void against any claim enforceable in execution of the certificate; and (b) the amount due from time to time in respect of the certificate shall be a charge upon the immovable property of the certificate-debtor, wherever situated, to which every other charge created subsequently to the service of the said notice shall be postponed.

(1) The certificate-debtor may, within thirty days after service of the notice required by section 7, or, where the notice has not been duly served, then within thirty days from the execution of any process for enforcing the certificate, present to the Certificate Officer in whose office the certificate is filed, or to the Certificate Officer who is executing the certificate, a petition, in the prescribed form, signed and verified in the prescribed manner, denying his liability, in whole or in part. (2) If any such petition is presented to a Certificate Officer other than the Certificate Officer in whose office the original certificate is filed, it shall be sent to the latter officer for disposal.

The Certificate Officer in whose office the original certificate is filed shall hear the petition, take evidence (if necessary) and determine whether the certificate-debtor is liable for the whole or any part of the amount for which the certificate was signed; and may set aside, or modify the certificate accordingly. Provided that, if the Certificate Officer is not the Deputy Commissioner, and considers that the petition involves a bona fide claim of right to property, he shall refer the petition to the Deputy Commissioner for orders; and the Deputy Commissioner, if he is satisfied that a bona fide claim of right to property is involved, shall make an order cancelling the certificate.

A certificate filed under section 4 or section 6 may be executed by- (a) the Certificate Officer in whose office the original certificate is filed, or (b) the Certificate Officer to whom a copy of the certificate is sent for execution under section 12, sub-section (1).

(1) A Certificate Officer in whose office a certificate is filed may, send a copy thereof, for execution, to any other Certificate Officer. (2) When a copy of a certificate is sent to any such officer, he shall cause it to be filed in his office, and thereupon the provisions of section 8 with respect to certificates filed in the office of a Certificate Officer, shall apply as if such copy were an original certificate: Provided that it shall not be necessary to serve a second notice and copy under section 7.

No step in execution of a certificate shall be taken until the period of thirty days has elapsed since the date of the service of the notice required by section 7, or, when a petition has been duly filed under section 9, until such petition has been heard and determined: Provided that, if the Certificate Officer in whose office the certificate is filed is satisfied that the certificate-debtor is likely to conceal, remove or dispose of the whole or any portion of such movable property as would be liable to attachment in execution of a decree of a civil court, and that the realization of the amount of the certificate would in consequence be delayed or obstructed, he may at any time direct, for reasons to be recorded in writing, an attachment of the whole or any part of such movable property. At the time of making an application for the attachment of movable property in the possession of the certificate-debtor, the certificate-holder shall declare whether the property is above or below Rs. 20 in value. If the property is declared to be above Rs. 20 in value, the certificate-holder shall pay the costs of issuing the proclamation of sale. If, however, the value of the property, having been declared to be Rs. 20 or under, should be found as determined by rule 14, to exceed Rs. 20, the certificate-holder shall pay the costs of issuing the proclamation of sale immediately on receipt of notice of attachment.

Subject to such conditions and limitations as may be prescribed, a Certificate Officer may order execution of the certificate- (a) by attachment and sale, or by sale (without previous attachment), of any property, or (b) by attachment of any decree, or (c) by arresting the certificate-debtor and detaining him in the civil prison, or (d) by any two or all of the methods mentioned in clauses (a), (b) and (c). Explanation to clause (d).-The Certificate Officer may, in his discretion at the same time realize cost from both person and property of the certificate-debtor. When the attaching officer believes that the property attached does not exceed Rs. 20 in value, he shall inform the debtor or, in his absence, any present adult member of his family, that it will be sold by public auction at once without the issue of any proclamation. In case the certificate-holder or the certificate-debtor, or any person on his behalf, object to this, the attaching officer shall convoke a panchayat of not less than three respectable adult male inhabitants of the neighbourhood, of whom ordinarily the headman of the village should be one, and shall require them to assess the value of the property. If they determine that it exceeds Rs. 20 in value, he shall deal with it according to the rules for the sale of movable property exceeding Rs. 20 in value; otherwise he shall forthwith proceed to sell it by auction after giving such reasonable notice as the circumstances of the case admit of to intending purchasers.

Where a revenue-paying estate or any share therein is liable to sale in execution of a certificate, such sale may be held either- (a) by the Certificate Officer exercising jurisdiction in the district to the revenue roll of which the estate or share appertains, or (b) by the Certificate Officer exercising jurisdiction in the district in which such estate or share is situated. Where the property to be attached is movable property (other than agricultural produce) in the possession of the certificate-debtor, the attachment shall be made by actual seizure, and the attaching officer shall keep the property in his own custody or in the custody of one of his subordinates, and shall be responsible for the due custody thereof: Provided that, when the property seized is subject to speedy and natural decay or when the expense of keeping it in custody is likely to exceed its value, the attaching officer may sell it at once.

There shall be recoverable, in the proceedings in execution of every certificate filed under this Act— (a) interest calculated in such manner as may be prescribed on the public demand to which the certificate relates, at the rate of six and a quarter per centum per annum from the date of signing the certificate up to the date of realization. Provided that— (i) no interest shall be charged if the amount of public demand is less than twenty-five rupees or if the period from the date of signing the certificate up to the date of realization does not exceed three months; (ii) no interest shall be charged for the period during which the execution proceedings are stayed under an order passed by the Certificate Officer at the instance of the certificate-holder; and (iii) no interest shall be charged for the period during which the execution proceedings are stayed under an order passed in an appeal or in revision or by a Court at the instance of the certificate-holder, or any person other than the certificate-debtor; (b) such costs as are directed to be paid under section 45, and (c) all charges incurred in respect of— (i) the service of notice under section 7 and of warrants and other processes, and (ii) all other proceedings taken for realizing the demand. Where the property to be attached is agricultural produce, the attachment shall be made by affixing a copy of the warrant of attachment- (a) where such produce is growing crop - on the land on which such crop has grown, or (2) Subject to such conditions as may be imposed by the Certificate Officer in this behalf, either in the order of attachment or in any subsequent order, the certificate debtor may tend, cut, gather and store the produce and do any other act necessary for maturing or preserving it and if the certificate-debtor fails to do all or any of such acts, the certificate-holder may, with the permission of the Certificate Officer and subject to the like conditions, do all any of them either by himself or by any person appointed by him in this behalf, and the costs incurred by the certificate-holder shall be recoverable from the certificate-debtor as if they were included in the certificate. (3) Agricultural produce attached as a growing crop shall not be deemed to have ceased to be under attachment or to require re-attachment merely because it has been served from the soil. (4) Where an order for the attachment of growing crop has been made at a considerable time before the crop is likely to be fit to be cut or gathered, the Certificate Officer may suspend the execution of the order for such time as he thinks fit, and may, in his discretion, make a further order prohibiting the removal of the crop pending the execution of the order of attachment. (5) A growing crop which from its nature does not admit of being stored shall not be attached under this rule at any time less than twenty days before the time at which it is likely to be fit to be cut or gathered.

Property liable to attachment and sale in execution of a decree of a Civil Court under section 60 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act V of 1908) may be attached and sold in execution of a certificate under this Act. (1) Where agricultural produce is attached, the Certificate Officer shall make such arrangements for the custody thereof as he may deem sufficient, and for the purpose of enabling the Certificate Officer to make such arrangements, every application for the attachment of a growing crop shall specify the time at which it is likely to be fit to be cut or gathered and the applicant shall deposit in Court such sum as the Court shall require in order to defray the cost of watching or tending the crop till such time. (2) Subject to such conditions as may be imposed by the Certificate Officer in this behalf, either in the order of attachment or in any subsequent order, the certificate-debtor may tend, cut, gather and store the produce and do any other act necessary for maturing or preserving it and if the certificate-debtor fails to do all or any of such acts, the certificate holder may, with the permission of the Certificate Officer and subject to the like conditions, do all any of them either by himself or by any person appointed by him in this behalf, and the costs incurred by the certificate-holder shall be recoverable from the certificate-debtor as if they were included in the certificate. (3) Agricultural produce attached as a growing crop shall not be deemed to have ceased to be under attachment or to require re-attachment merely because it has been served from the soil. (4) Where an order for the attachment of growing crop has been made at a considerable time before the crop is likely to be fit to be cut or gathered, the Certificate Officer may suspend the execution of the order for such time as he thinks fit, and may, in his discretion, make a further order prohibiting the removal of the crop pending the execution of the order of attachment. (5) A growing crop which from its nature does not admit of being stored shall not be attached under this rule at any time less than twenty days before the time at which it is likely to be fit to be cut or gathered.

Where an attachment has been made in execution of a certificate, any payment to the certificate-debtor of any debt, dividend or other moneys, contrary to such attachment, shall be void as against all claims enforceable under the attachment. (1) In the case of- (a) a debt not secured by a negotiable instrument, (b) a share in the capital of a Corporation, or (c) other movable property not in the possession of the certificate-debtor except property deposited in, or in the custody of, any Court, the attachment shall be made by a written order prohibiting,- (i) in the case of the debt - the creditor from recovering the debt and the debtor from making payment thereof until the further order of the Certificate Officer; (ii) in the case of the share - the person in whose name the share may be standing from transferring the same or receiving any dividend thereon; (iii) in the case of the other movable property (except as aforesaid) - the person in possession of the same from giving it over to the certificate debtor. (2) A copy of such order shall be affixed on some conspicuous part of the office of the Certificate Officer, and another copy shall be sent, in the case of the debt, to the debtor, in the case of the share, to the proper officer of the Corporation, and, in the case of the other movable property (except, as aforesaid), to the person in possession of the same. (3) A debtor prohibited under clause (i) of sub-rule (1) may pay the amount of his debt to the Certificate Officer, and such payment shall discharge him as effectually as payment to the party entitled to receive the same.

(1) The attachment of a Civil Court decree for the payment of money or for sale in enforcement of a mortgage or charge shall be made by the issue to the Civil Court, of a notice requesting the Civil Court to stay the execution of the decree unless and until— (i) the Certificate Officer cancels the notice, or (ii) the certificate-holder or the certificate-debtor applies to the Court receiving such notice to execute the decree. (2) Where a Civil Court receives an application under clause (ii) of sub-section (1), it shall, on the application of the certificate-holder or the certificate-debtor, and subject to the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act V of 1908), proceed to execute the attached decree and apply the net proceeds in satisfaction of the certificate. (3) The certificate-holder shall be deemed to be the representative of the holder of the attached decree, and to be entitled to execute such attached decree in any manner lawful for the holder thereof. Where the property to be attached consists of the share or interest of the certificate-debtor in movable property belonging to him and another as co-owners, the attachment shall be made by a notice to the certificate-debtor prohibiting him from transferring the share or interest or charging it in any way.

(1) Where property is sold in execution of a certificate, there shall vest in the purchaser merely the right, title and interest of the certificate-debtor at the time of the sale, even though the property itself be specified. (2) Where immovable property is sold in execution of a certificate, and such sale has become absolute, the purchaser's right, title and interest shall be deemed to have vested to him from the time when the property is sold, and not from the time when the sale becomes absolute. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), in areas in which Chapter XIV of the Bengal Tenancy Act, 1885 (VIII of 1885), is in force, where a tenure or holding is sold in execution of a certificate for arrears of rent due in respect thereof, the tenure or holding shall, subject to the provisions of section 22 of that Act, pass to the purchaser, subject to the interests defined in that Chapter as "protected interests", but with power to annul the interests defined in that Chapter as "incumbrances": Provided as follows: (i) a registered and notified incumbrance with the meaning of that Chapter shall not be so annulled except in the case prescribed; and (ii) the power to annul shall be exercisable only in the manner prescribed. (4) Where the certificate-holder is a co-sharer landlord and the certificate is for his share of the rent only, the provisions of sub-section (3) shall not apply. (1) Where the property to be attached is the salary or allowances of a public officer or of a servant of a Railway Company or Local Authority, the Certificate Officer, whether the certificate-debtor or the disbursing officer is or is not within the local limits of the Certificate Officer's jurisdiction, may order that the amount shall be withheld from such salary or allowances, either in one payment or by monthly installments as the Certificate Officer may direct; and, upon notice of the order to such officer as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf, the officer or other person whose duty it is to disburse such salary or allowances shall withhold and remit to the Certificate Officer the amount due under the order, or the monthly instalments, as the case may be. (2) Where the attachable proportion of such salary or allowances is already being withheld and remitted to a Certificate Officer or to a Civil Court in pursuance of a previous and unsatisfied order of attachment, the officer appointed by the State Government in this behalf shall forthwith return the subsequent order to the Certificate Officer issuing it, with a full statement of all the particulars of the existing attachment; (3) Every order made under this rule, unless it is returned in accordance with the provisions of sub-rule (2), shall, without further notice or other process, bind Central Government or the State Government or the Railway Company or Local Authority, as the case may be; and Central Government or the State Government or the Railway Company or Local Authority, as the case may be, shall be liable for any sum paid in contravention of this rule.

(1) No suit shall be maintained, against any person claiming title under a purchase certified by the Certificate Officer in such manner as may be prescribed, on the ground that the purchase was made on behalf of the plaintiff or on behalf of some one through whom the plaintiff claims. (2) Nothing in this section shall bar a suit to obtain a declaration that the name of any purchaser certified as aforesaid was inserted in the certificate fraudulently or without the consent of the real purchaser, or interfere with the right of a third person to proceed against that property, though ostensibly sold to the certified purchaser, on the ground that it is liable to satisfy a claim of such third person against the real owner. Where the property is a negotiable instrument not deposited in a Court nor in the custody of a public officer, the attachment shall be made by actual seizure, and the instrument shall be brought before the Certificate Officer and held subject to his order.

(1) Where immovable property has been sold in execution of a certificate, the certificate-debtor, or any person whose interests are affected by the sale, may, at any time within thirty days from the date of the sale, apply to the Certificate Officer to set aside the sale, on his depositing— (a) for payment to the certificate-holder, the amount specified in the proclamation of sale as that for the recovery of which the sale was ordered, with interest thereon at the rate of six and a quarter per centum per annum, calculated from the date of the proclamation of sale to the date when the deposit is made; (b) for payment to the purchaser, as penalty a sum equal to five per cent of the purchase-money but not less than one rupee; and (c) for payment to the Deputy Commissioner (where the certificate is for a public demand payable to the Deputy Commissioner), such outstanding charges due to the Government under any law for the time being in force as the Deputy Commissioner certifies to be payable by the certificate-debtor. (2) Where a person makes an application under section 23 for setting aside the sale of his immovable property, he shall not, unless he withdraws that application, be entitled to make or prosecute an application under this section. Where the property to be attached is in the custody of any Court or public officer, the attachment shall be made by a notice to such Court or officer, requesting that such property, and any interest or dividend becoming payable thereon, may be held subject to the further orders of the Certificate Officer by whom the notice is issued : Provided that, where such property is in the custody of a Court, any question of title or priority arising between the certificate-holder and any other person, not being the certificate-debtor, claiming to be interested in such property by virtue of any assignment, attachment or otherwise, shall be determined by such Court. Where the property to be attached is in the custody of any Court or public officer, the attachment shall be made by a notice to such Court or officer, requesting that such property, and any interest or dividend becoming payable thereon, may be held subject to the further orders of the Certificate Officer by whom the notice is issued: Provided that, where such property is in the custody of a Court, any question of title or priority arising between the certificate-holder and any other person, not being the certificate-debtor, claiming to be interested in such property by virtue of any assignment, attachment or otherwise, shall be determined by such Court.

(1) Where immovable property has been sold in execution of a certificate, the certificate-holder, the certificate-debtor, or any person whose interests are affected by the sale, may, at any time within sixty days from the date of sale, apply to the Certificate Officer to set aside the sale on the ground that notice was not served under section 7 or on the ground of a material irregularity in the certificate proceedings or in publishing or conducting the sale: Provided as follows:— (a) no sale shall be set aside on any such ground unless the Certificate Officer is satisfied that the applicant has sustained substantial injury by reason of the non service or irregularity; and (b) an application made by a certificate-debtor under this section shall be disallowed unless the applicant either deposits the amount recoverable from him in execution of the certificate or satisfies the Certificate Officer that he is not liable to pay such amount. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the Certificate Officer may entertain an application made after the expiry of sixty days from the date of the sale if he is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for so doing. Where the property is immovable, no attachment need be made before sale.

The purchaser at any sale of immovable property in execution of a certificate may, at any time within sixty days from the date of the sale, apply to the Certificate Officer to set aside the sale on the ground that the certificate-debtor had no saleable interest in the property sold, or that the property did not exist at the time of the sale. Where- (a) the amount due, with costs and all charges and expenses resulting from the attachment of any property or incurred in order to a sale, are paid to the Certificate Officer, or (b) the certificate is cancelled, the attachment shall be deemed to be withdrawn, and, in the case of immovable property, the withdrawal shall, if the certificate-debtor so desires, be proclaimed at his expense, and a copy of the proclamation shall be affixed in the manner prescribed by rule 47, sub-rule (1).

(1) Where no application is made under section 22, section 23 or section 24, or where such an application is made and disallowed, the Certificate Officer shall make an order confirming the sale, and thereupon the sale shall become absolute. (2) Where such an application is made and allowed, and where, in the case of an application under section 22, the deposit required by that section is made within thirty days from the date of the sale, the Certificate Officer shall make an order setting aside the sale: Provided that no order shall be made unless notice of the application has been given to all persons affected thereby. Under rule 15, the property seized will remain in the custody of the attaching officer or of one of his subordinates on his responsibility.

(1) Whenever assets are realized, by sale or otherwise in execution of a certificate, they shall be disposed of in the following manner:— (a) there shall first be paid to the certificate-holder the costs incurred by him; (b) there shall, in the next place, be paid to the certificate-holder the amount due to him under the certificate in execution of which the assets were realized; (c) if there remains a balance after these sums have been paid, there shall be paid to the certificate-holder there from any other amount recoverable under the procedure provided by this Act which may be due to him upon the date upon which the assets were realized; and (d) the balance (if any) remaining after the payment of the amount (if any) referred to in clause (c) shall be paid to the certificate-debtor. (2) If the certificate-debtor disputes any claim made by the certificate-holder to receive any amount referred to in clause (c), the Certificate Officer shall determine the dispute. If no suitable place can be found in the village for the safe custody of the attached property, the attaching officer shall remove the property to the Court at the certificate-holder's expense. In the event of the certificate-holder failing to provide the necessary funds, the attachment shall be withdrawn. lf no suitable place can be found in the village for the safe custody of the attached property, the attaching officer shall remove the property to the Court at the certificate-holder's expense. In the event of the certificate-holder failing to provide the necessary funds, the attachment shall be withdrawn.

(1) If the purchaser of any immovable property sold in execution of a certificate is resisted or obstructed by any person in obtaining possession of the property, he may apply to the Certificate Officer. (2) The Certificate Officer shall fix a day for investigating the matter, and shall summon the party against whom the application is made to appear and answer the same. Whenever attached property is kept at the place where it is attached, the officer shall forthwith report the fact to the Certificate Officer, and with his report shall forward an accurate list of the property seized, so that the Certificate Officer may thereon at once issue the proclamation of sale.

(1) If the Certificate Officer is satisfied that the resistance or obstruction was occasioned without any just cause by the certificate-debtor or by some person on his behalf, he shall direct that the applicant be put into possession of the property; and, if the applicant is still resisted or obstructed in obtaining possession, the Certificate Officer may also, at the instance of the applicant, order the certificate debtor or such other person to be detained in the civil prison for a term which may extend to thirty days. (2) If the Certificate Officer is satisfied that the resistance or obstruction was occasioned by any person (other than the certificate-debtor) claiming in good faith to be in possession of the property on his own account or on account of some person other than the certificate-debtor, the Certificate Officer shall make an order dismissing the application. If the debtor shall give his consent in writing to the sale of the property without awaiting the expiry of the prescribed term, the officer shall receive the same and forward it without delay to the Certificate Officer for orders. lf the debtor shall give his consent in writing to the sale of the property without awaiting the expiry of the prescribed term, the officer shall receive the same and forward it without delay to the Certificate Officer for orders.

A certificate debtor may be arrested in execution of a certificate at any hour and on any day, except as provided in Section 47, and when so arrested, shall, as soon as practicable, be brought before the Certificate Officer; and his detention may be in the civil prison of the district in which the Certificate Officer ordering the detention exercise jurisdiction, or, where such civil prison does not afford suitable accommodation, in any other place which the State Government may appoint for the detention of persons ordered by the Civil Courts of such district to be detained: Provided that, if the certificate debtor pays the amount entered in the warrant of arrest as due under the certificate, and the cost of the arrest, to the officer arresting him, such officer shall at once release him. When property is removed to the Court it shall be kept by the nazir on his own sole responsibility in such place as may be approved by the Certificate Officer. If the property cannot, from its nature or bulk, be conveniently kept in the Court premises, or in the personal custody of the nazir, he may, subject to approval by the Certificate Officer, make such arrangements for its safe custody under his own supervision as may be most convenient and economical and the Certificate Officer may fix the remuneration to be allowed to the persons, not being officers of the Court, in whose custody the property is kept. When property is removed to the Court it shall be kept by the nazir on his own sole responsibility in such place as may be approved by the Certificate Officer. If the property cannot, from its nature or bulk, be conveniently kept in the Court premises, or in the personal custody ofthe nazir, he may, subject to approval by the Certificate Officer, make such arrangements for its safe custody under his own supervision as may be most convenient and economical and the Certificate Officer may fix the remuneration to be allowed to the persons, not being officers of the Court, in whose custody the property is kept.

(1) The DC may order the release of a certificate-debtor who has been arrested in execution of a certificate, upon being satisfied that he has disclosed the whole of his property and has placed it at the disposal of the Certificate Officer and that he has not committed any act of bad faith. (2) If the Certificate Officer has ground for believing the disclosure made by a certificate debtor under sub-section (1) to have been untrue, he may order the re-arrest of the certificate-debtor in execution of the certificate, but the period of his detention in the civil prison shall not in the aggregate exceed that authorized by section 31, sub-section (1). When property remains at the place where it is attached in the custody of the attaching officer, and any person other than the certificate-debtor shall claim the same, or any part of it, the officer shall nevertheless, unless the certificate-holder desires to withdraw the attachment of the property so claimed, remain in possession, and shall direct the claimant to prefer his claim to the Certificate Officer. When property remains at the place where it is attached in the custody of the attaching officer, and any person other than the certificate-debtor shall claim the same, or any part of it, the officer shall nevertheless, unless the certificate- holder desires to withdraw the attachment of the property so claimed, remain in possession, and shall direct the claimant to prefer his claim to the Certificate Officer.

(1) Every person detained in the civil prison in execution of a certificate may be so detained,- (a) where the certificate is for a demand of an amount exceeding fifty rupees - for a period of six months, and (b) in any other case - for a period of six weeks: Provided that he shall be released from such detention- (i) on the amount mentioned in the warrant for his detention being paid to the officer in charge of the civil prison, or (ii) on the certificate being otherwise fully satisfied, or cancelled, or (iii) on the request of the person (if any) on whose requisition the certificate was filed, or of the Deputy Commissioner, or (iv) on the omission by the person (if any) on whose requisition the certificate was filed to pay the subsistence allowance fixed by the Certificate Officer: Provided also that he shall not be released from such detention under clause (ii) or clause (iii) without the order of the Certificate Officer. (2) A certificate-debtor released from detention under this section shall not; merely by reason of his release, be discharged from his debt; but he shall not be liable to be re arrested under the certificate in execution of which he was detained in the civil prison. If the certificate-holder shall withdraw an attachment, or if it be withdrawn under rule 26 or rule 33, the attaching officer shall inform the debtor, or in his absence, an adult member of his family, that the property is at his disposal. In the absence of any person to take charge of it, or in case the officer shall have had notice of claim by a person other than the certificate-debtor, the officer shall, if the property has been moved from the premises in which it was seized, replace it where it was found at the time of seizure. lf the certificate-holder shall withdraw an attachment, or if it be withdrawn under rule 26 or rule 33, the attaching officer shall inform the debtor, or in his absence, an adult member of his family, that the property is at his disposal. In the absence of any person to take charge of it, or in case the officer shall have had notice of claim by a person other than the certificate-debtor, the officer shall, if the property has been moved from the premises in which it was seized, replace it where it was found at the time of seizure.

(1) At any time after a warrant for the arrest of certificate-debtor has been issued, the Certificate Officer may cancel it on the ground of his serious illness,or (2) Where a certificate-debtor has been arrested, the Certificate Officer may release him if, in the opinion of the Certificate Officer, he is not in a fit state of health to be detained in the civil prison. (3) Where a certificate-debtor has been committed to the civil prison, he may be released therefrom- (a) by the DC, on the ground of the existence of any infectious or contagious disease, or (b) by the Certificate Officer, or the DC, on the ground of his suffering from any serious illness. (4) A certificate-debtor released under this section may be re-arrested, but the period of his detention in the civil prison shall not in the aggregate exceed that authorized by section 31, sub-section (1). Whenever livestock is kept at the place where it has been attached, the certificate-debtor shall be at liberty to undertake the due feeding and tending of it, under the supervision of the attaching officer, but the latter shall, if required by the certificate-holder, and on his paying for the same, at a rate to be fixed by the Certificate Officer, engage the services of as many persons as may be necessary for the safe custody of it.

notwithstanding anything in this Act, the Certificate Officer shall not order the arrest or detention in the civil prison of- (a) a woman, or (b) any person who, in his opinion, is a minor or of unsound mind. In the event of the certificate- debtor failing to feed attached live stock, the officer shall call upon the certificate-holder either to pay for feeding it on the spot, or for the expenses attending its removal to the Court. If the certificate-holder shall fail to provide for either, the officer shall report the matter, without delay, to the Certificate Officer who may thereupon withdraw the attachment. In the event of the certificate-debtor failing to feed attached live stock, the officer shall call upon the certificate-holder either to pay for feeding it on the spot, or for the expenses attending its removal to the Court. If the certificate-holder shall fail to provide for either, the officer shall report the matter, without delay, to the Certificate Officer who may thereupon withdraw the attachment.

The Certificate debtor may, at any time within six months- (1) from the service upon him of the notice required by section 7, or (2) if he files, in accordance with section 9, a petition denying liability from the date of the determination of the petition, or (3) if he appeals, in accordance with section 51, from an order passed under section 10 from the date of the decision of such appeal, bring a suit in the Civil Court to have the certificate cancelled or modified, and for any further consequential relief to which he may be entitled: Provided that no such suit shall be entertained- (a) in any case, if the certificate-debtor has omitted to file, in accordance with section 9, a petition denying liability, or to state in his petition denying liability the ground upon which he claims to have the certificate cancelled or modified, and cannot satisfy the Court that there was good reason for the omission, or (b) in the case of a certificate for a demand mentioned in Article 1 or Article 2 of Schedule I, if the certificate-debtor has not paid the amount due under the certificate to the Certificate Officer- (i) within thirty days from the service of the notice required by section 7, or (ii) if he has filed, in accordance with section 9, a petition denying liability - then within thirty days from the date of the determination of the petition, or (iii) if he has appealed in accordance with section 51 - then within thirty days from the decision of the appeal: Provided also that no sale in execution of a certificate shall be set aside in such a suit unless the purchaser has been made a party to the suit and until a direction is made for the refund of the amount of the purchase-money, with such interest (if any) as the Court may allow not exceeding six and a quarter per centum per annum. When attached livestock is brought to Court, the nazir shall be responsible for the safe custody and proper feeding of it so long as the attachment continues.

(1) No certificate duly filed under this Act shall be cancelled by a Civil Court, except on one of the following grounds, namely:- (a) that the amount stated in the certificate was actually paid or discharged before the signing of the certificate; (b) that no part of the amount stated in the certificate was due by the certificatedebtor to the certificate-holder; or (c) that, in the case of fines imposed, or costs, charges, expenses, damages, duties or fees adjudged, by a DC or a public officer under any law or any rule having the force of law, the proceedings of such DC or public officer were not in substantial conformity with the provisions of such law or rule, and that in consequence the certificate-debtor suffered substantial injury from some error, defect or irregularity in such proceedings. (2) No certificate duly filed under this Act shall be modified by Civil Court, except on one of the following grounds, namely:- (i) that a portion of the alleged debt was not due; or (ii) that the certificate-debtor has not received credit for any portion which he has paid. (3) Nothing contained in this section shall interfere with the ordinary original jurisdiction of the High Court at Calcutta, or with the jurisdiction of the Calcutta Court of Small Causes. lf there be a Government pound in or near the place where the Court is held, the nazir shall be at liberty to place in it such attached livestock as can be properly kept there in which case the pound-keeper will be responsible for the property to the nazir, and shall receive the same rates for accommodation and maintenance thereof as are paid in respect of impounded cattle of the same description. If there be a Government pound in or near the place where the Court is held, the nazir shall be at liberty to place in it such attached livestock as can be properly kept there in which case the pound-keeper will be responsible for the property to the nazir, and shall receive the same rates for accommodation and maintenance thereof as are paid in respect of impounded cattle of the same description.

Notwithstanding anything herein before contained, a sale of immovable property in execution of a certificate shall not be held to be void on the ground that the notice required by section 7 has not been served; but a suit may be brought in a Civil Court to recover possession of such property or to set aside such sale on the ground that such notice has not been served, and that the plaintiff has sustained substantial injury by reason of irregularity: Provided that no such suit shall be entertained- (a) if instituted more than one year from the date on which possession of the property was delivered to the purchaser, or (b) ifthe certificate-debtor has made appearance in the certificate proceeding,or has applied to the Certificate Officer under section 22 or section 23 to set aside the sale. If there be no pound available, or if, in the opinion of the Certificate Officer, if it be inconvenient to lodge the attached livestock in the pound, the nazir may keep it in his own premises, or he may entrust it to any person selected by himself and approved by the Certificate Officer. The nazir will in all cases remain responsible for the custody of the property.

Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, every question arising between the certificate-holder and the certificate-debtor, or their representatives, relating to the making, execution, discharge or satisfaction of a certificate duly filed under this Act, or relating to the confirmation or setting aside by an order under this Act of a sale held in execution of such certificate, shall be determined, not by suit, but by order of the Certificate Officer before whom such question arises, or of such other Certificate Officer as he may determine: Provided that a suit may be brought in a Civil Court in respect of any such question upon the ground of fraud. The Certificate Officer shall, from time to time, fix the rates to be allowed for the custody and maintenance of the various descriptions of livestock with reference to seasons and local circumstances. The Deputy Commissioner may make any alterations he deems fit in the rates so prescribed.

(1) Where process of attachment of movable property by actual seizure is issued, fees at the following rates shall be charged, and the officer deputed to attach such property shall be furnished with a certificate stating the period for which the fees in accordance with this rule have been paid : i. When the amount or value of the subject-matter of the case exceeds Rs. 1,000 (a) for the seizure under the order of attachment: Rs 2-0-0 (b) for each man necessary to ensure safe custody of property so attached, when such man is actually in possession per diem: Rs 0-6-0 (ii) When the amount or value of the subject-matter of the case is Rs. 1,000 or under, but above Rs. 50- (a) for the seizure under the order of attachment: Rs 1-0-0 (b) for each man necessary to ensure the safe custody of property so attached, when such man is actually in possession, per diem: Rs 0-4-0 iii When the amount under certificate is Rs 50 or under- (a) for the seizure under the order of attachment: Rs 0-8-0 (b) for each man necessary to ensure the safe custody of property so attached, when such man is actually in possession, per diem: Rs 0-4-0 (2) When process of attachment is issued in a number of cases relating to the same or neighbouring villages, the fee (a) referred to above must be paid in each case, and the daily fee (b) only for the men actually employed. The daily fee (b) is to be paid at the time of obtaining the process for so many days as the Certificate Officer shall order, not being ordinarily less than fifteen days, and the number of days required for the coming and going of the attaching officer; but where the officer is not to be left in possession, then the daily fee is be paid only for the time to be occupied by the officer going, effecting the attachment and returning. When the inventory filed by the certificate holder shows the property to be of such small value, that the expense of keeping it in custody may probably exceed the value, the Certificate Officer shall fix the daily fee with reference to the provisions of rule 15: Provided that, if it appears that for any reason the number of days fixed by the Certificate Officer under this rule, and in respect of which fees have been paid, is likely to be exceeded and the certificate-holder desires to maintain the attachment, the certificate holder shall apply to the Certificate Officer to fix such further number of days as may be necessary and the additional fees in respect thereof shall be paid in the manner provided in sub-rule (3). If such additional fees be not paid within the period originally fixed and in respect of which fees have been paid, the attachment shall cease on the expiry of that period. (3) The fees prescribed by this rule shall be payable in advance at a time when the petition for service or execution is presented, and shall be paid by means of court fee stamps affixed to the petition in addition to the stamps necessary for its own validity.

(1) The Board of Revenue may, after previous publication and with the previous sanction of the State Government, make rules regulating the procedure to be followed by persons making requisitions under section 5 and by DC and Certificate Officers acting under this Act; and may, by such rules, alter, add to or annul any of the rules in Schedule II. (2) Such rules shall not be inconsistent with the provisions in the body of this Act, but subject thereto, may, in particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the power conferred by sub-section (1), provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-(a) the signature and verification of requisitions made under section 5; (b) the Certificate Officers to whom such requisitions should be addressed; (c) the cases in which such requisitions shall not be chargeable with a fee; (d) the service of notices issued under section 7, the service of other notices or processes issued under this Act, and the manner in which service may be proved; (e) the signing and verification of petitions, under section 9, denying liability; (f) the transfer of certificates, proceedings in execution of certificates and petitions under section 9 denying liability from one Certificate Officer to another for disposal; (g) the scale of charges to be recovered under section 16, clause (c); (h) the maintenance and custody, while under attachment, of livestock and other movable property, the fees to be charged for such maintenance and custody, the sale of such livestock and property, and the disposal of the proceeds of such sale; (i) the registers, books and accounts to be kept by Certificate Officers, and the inspection thereof by the public; (J) the fee to be charged for the inspection of the register of certificates maintained under rule 59 in Schedule II; (k) the recovery of expenditure on the certificate establishment by the levy of costs under section 16, clause (b) and section 45; (l) the recovery of poundage fees; (m) the forms to be used under this Act. (1) Where any claim is preferred to, or any objection is made to the attachment or sale of, any property in execution is made of a certificate, on the ground that such property is not liable to such attachment or sale, the Certificate Officer shall proceed to investigate the claim or objection: Provided that no such investigation shall be made, where the Certificate Officer considers that the claim or objection was designedly or unnecessarily delayed. (2) Where the property to which the claim or objection applies has been advertised for sale, the Certificate Officer ordering the sale may postpone it pending the investigation of the claim or objection upon such terms as to security or otherwise, as the Court shall deem fit. (1) Where any claim is preferred to, or any objection is made to the attachment or sale of, any property in execution is made of a certificate, on the ground that such property is not liable to such attachment or sale, the Certificate Officer shall proceed to investigate the claim or objection: Provided that no such investigation shall be made, where the Certificate Officer considers that the claim or objection was designedly or unnecessarily delayed. (2) Where the property to which the claim or objection applies has been advertised for sale, the Certificate Officer ordering the sale may postpone it pending the investigation of the claim or objection upon such terms as to security or otherwise, as the Court shall deem fit.

(1) Rules made and sanctioned under section 39 shall be published in the Official Gazette, and shall, from the date of publication or from such other date as may be specified, have the same force and effect as if they had been contained in Schedule II. (2) All references in this Act to the said Schedule II shall be construed as referring to that Schedule as for the time being amended by such rules. The claimant or objector must adduce evidence to show that-(a) (in the case of immovable property) at the date of the service of the notice under section 7, or (b) (in the case of movable property) at the date of the attachment, he had some interest in, or was possessed of, the property attached. The claimant or objector must adduce evidence to show that- (a) (in the case of immovable property) at the date of the service of the notice under section 7, or (b) (in the case of movable property) at the date of the attachment, he had some interest in, or was possessed of, the property attached.

Where the Certificate Officer is satisfied that the certificate-debtor is a minor or of unsound mind, he shall, in any proceeding under this Act, permit to be represented by any suitable person. Where, upon the said investigation, the Certificate Officer is satisfied that, for the reason stated in the claim or objection, such property was not,-(a) (in the case of immovable property) at the date of the service of the notice under section 7, or (b) (in the case of movable property) at the date of the attachment, in the possession of the certificate-debtor or of some person in trust for him or in the occupancy of a tenant or other person paying rent to him, or that, being in the possession of the certificate-debtor at the said date, it was so in his possession, not on his own account or as his own property, but on account of or in trust for some other person, or partly on his own account and partly on account of some other person, the Certificate Officer shall make an order releasing the property, wholly or to such extent as he thinks fit, from attachment or sale.

No certificate shall cease to be in force by reason of- (a) the property to which the demand relates ceasing to be under the charge or management of the Court of Wards of the Revenue authorities; or (b) the death of the certificate-holder. Where the Certificate Officer is satisfied that the property was, at the said date, in the possession of the certificate debtor as his own property and not on account of any other person, or was in the possession of some other person in trust for him, or in the occupancy of a tenant or other person paying rent to him, the Certificate Officer shall disallow the claim.

Where a certificate-debtor dies before the certificate has been fully satisfied, the Certificate Officer may, after serving upon the legal representative of the deceased a notice in the prescribed form, proceed to execute the certificate against such legal representative; and the provisions of this Act shall apply as if such legal representative were the certificate-debtor and as if such notice were a notice under section 7: Provided that where the certificate is executed against such legal representative, he shall be liable only to the extent of the property of the deceased which has come to his hands and has not been duly disposed of; and, for the purpose of ascertaining such liability, the Certificate Officer executing the certificate may, of his own motion or on the application of the certificate-holder, compel such legal representative to produce such accounts as the Certificate Officer thinks fit. Where a claim or an objection is preferred, the party against whom an order is made may institute a suit in a Civil Court to establish the right which he claims to the property in dispute, but, subject to the result of such suit (if any), the order shall be conclusive.

(1) The Certificate Officer shall cancel any certificate at the request of the certificate-holder. (2) The Certificate Officer may cancel any certificate filed under section 6 if the certificate-holder is not reasonably diligent. Any Certificate Officer executing of a certificate may order that any property liable to sale, or such portion thereof as may seem necessary to satisfy the certificate, shall be sold.

Subject to such limitation as may be prescribed, the award of any cost of and incidental to any proceeding under this Act shall be in the discretion of the officer presiding, and he shall have full power to direct by whom and to what extent such costs shall be paid. Sales of property under the proviso to rule 15 and of movable property not exceeding forty rupees in value, shall be held on the spot. Such sales will necessarily be conducted by peons when they are attaching officers. Sales of movable property of greater value can, under rule 46, take place only after the issue of a proclamation, but they may be held on the spot or at the sadar or sub divisional headquarters, as may seem convenient and conducive to the securing of good prices, provided that the place and time of sale are notified in the proclamation. For such sales officers of higher rank than peons should always be deputed when the value of the property is estimated to exceed Rs. 50 and proclamation should be issued. When the value is between Rs. 40 and Rs. 50, the Deputy Commissioner or Certificate Officer may, by a special order, depute a peon, if he considers it desirable to do so.

If the Certificate Officer is satisfied that any requisition under section 5 was made without reasonable cause, he may award to the certificate-debtor such compensation as the Certificate Officer thinks fit; and the amount so awarded shall be recoverable from the certificate-holder under the procedure provided by this Act for recovery of costs. (1) Where any immovable property, or any movable property exceeding Rupees Twenty in value, is ordered to be sold by public auction, the Certificate Officer shall cause a proclamation of the intended sale to be made in the language of the Courts of the district. (2) Such proclamation shall be drawn up after notice, to the certificate-debtor, and shall state the time and place of sale, and shall specify as fairly and accurately as possible,- (a) the property to be sold; (1) Where any immovable property, or any movable property exceeding Rupees Twenty in value, is ordered to be sold by public auction, the Certificate Officer shall cause a proclamation ofthe intended sale to be made in the language of the Courts of the district. (2) Such proclamation shall be drawn up after notice, to the certificate-debtor, and shall state the time and place of sale, and shall specify as fairly and accurately as possible,- (a) the property to be sold; (b) (where the property to be sold is an interest in an estate or in part of an estate paying revenue to the Government) the revenue assessed upon the estate or part of the estate; (c) the amount for the recovery of which the sale is ordered; and (d) any other thing which the Certificate Officer considers it material for a purchaser to know in order to judge of the nature and value of the property. (3) Where a tenure, or a rayati holding at fixed rates, situated in an area in which Chapter XIV of the Bengal Tenancy Act, 1885 (VIII of 1885), is in force, is to be sold in execution of a certificate for arrears of rent due in respect thereof, the said proclamation shall also state that the tenure or holding will first be put up to auction subject to registered and notified encumbrances, and will be sold subject to those encumbrances if the sum bid is sufficient to liquidate the amount specified in the certificate, and costs, and that otherwise it will, if the certificate-holder so desires, be sold on a subsequent day, of which due notice will be given, with power to annul all encumbrances. (4) Where an occupancy holding, situated in an area in which Chapter XIV of the Bengal Tenancy Act, 1885, is in force, is to be sold in execution Of a certificate for arrears of rent due in respect thereof, the said proclamation shall also state that the holding will be sold with power to annul all encumbrances. (5) Where the certificate-holder is a co-sharer landlord and the certificate is for his share of the rent only, the provisions of sub-clauses (3) and (4) shall not apply. (6) For the purpose of ascertaining the matters to be specified in the proclamation, the Certificate Officer may summon any person whom he thinks necessary to summon, and may examine him in respect to any such matters and require him to produce any document in his possession or power relating thereto. (b) (where the property to be sold is an interest in an estate or in part of an estate paying revenue to the Government) the revenue assessed upon the estate or part of the estate; (c) the amount for the recovery of which the sale is ordered; and (d) any other thing which the Certificate Officer considers it material for a purchaser to know in order to judge of the nature and value of the property. (3) Where a tenure, or a rayati holding at fixed rates, situated in an area in which Chapter XIV of the Bengal Tenancy Act, 1885 (VIII of 1885), is in force, is to be sold in execution of a certificate for arrears of rent due in respect thereof, the said proclamation shall also state that the tenure or holding will first be put up to auction subject to registered and notified encumbrances, and will be sold subject to those encumbrances if the sum bid is sufficient to liquidate the amount specified in the certificate, and costs, and that otherwise it will, if the certificate-holder so desires, be sold on a subsequent day, of which due notice will be given, with power to annul all encumbrances. (4) Where an occupancy holding, situated in an area in which Chapter XIV of the Bengal Tenancy Act, 1885, is in force, is to be sold in execution of a certificate for arrears of rent due in respect thereof, the said proclamation shall also state that the holding will be sold with power to annul all encumbrances. (5) Where the certificate-holder is a co-sharer landlord and the certificate is for his share of the rent only, the provisions of sub-clauses (3) and (4) shall not apply. (6) For the purpose of ascertaining the matters to be specified in the proclamation, the Certificate Officer may summon any person whom he thinks necessary to summon, and may examine him in respect to any such matters and require him to produce any document in his possession or power relating thereto.

(1) No person executing any warrant of arrest issued under this Act, or any process issued under this Act directing or authorizing the attachment of movable property, shall enter any dwelling-house after sunset or before sunrise. (2) No outer door of a dwelling-house shall be broken open unless the dwelling-house or a portion thereof is in the occupancy of the certificate-debtor and he or any other occupant of the house refuses or in any way prevents access thereto; but, when the person executing any such warrant or other process has duly gained access to any dwelling-house, he may break open the door of any room and enter, if he has reason to believe that entering into the room is necessary in order to enable him to execute the process. (3) Where a room in a dwelling-house is in the actual occupancy of a woman who, according to the customs of the country, does not appear in public, the person executing the process shall give notice to her that she is at liberty to withdraw; and, after allowing a reasonable time for her to withdraw and giving her reasonable facility for withdrawing, he may enter such room for the purpose of executing the process; and, if the process be for the attachment of property, he may at the same time use every precaution, consistent with this section, to prevent its clandestine removal. (1) Every proclamation for the sale of immovable property shall be made at some place on or near such property by beat of drum or other customary mode, and a copy of the proclamation shall be affixed on a conspicuous part of the property and also upon a conspicuous part of the office of the Certificate Officer. (2) Where the Certificate Officer so directs, such proclamation shall also be published in the Official Gazette or in a local newspaper, or in both; and the cost of such publication shall be deemed to be costs of the sale. (3) If a tenure, a raiyati holding at fixed rates or an occupancy holding situated in an area in which Chapter XIV of the Bengal Tenancy Act, 1885 {VIII of 1885), is in force, is to be sold in execution of a certificate for arrears of rent due in respect thereof, the proclamation shall also be published in the Malkachari or rent office of the estate and at the local than a. (4) Where property is divided into lots for the purpose of being sold separately, it shall not be necessary to make a separate proclamation for each lot, unless proper notice of the sale cannot, in the opinion of the Certificate Officer, otherwise be given. (1) Every proclamation for the sale of immovable property shall be made at some place on or near such property by beat of drum or other customary mode, and a copy of the proclamation shall be affixed on a conspicuous part of the property and also upon a conspicuous part of the office of the Certificate Officer. (2) Where the Certificate Officer so directs, such proclamation shall also be published in the Official Gazette or in a local newspaper, or in both; and the cost of such publication shall be deemed to be costs of the sale. (3) If a tenure, a raiyati holding at fixed rates or an occupancy holding situated in an area in which Chapter XIV of the Bengal Tenancy Act, 1885 (VIII of 1885), is in force, is to be sold in execution of a certificate for arrears of rent due in respect thereof, the proclamation shall also be published in the Malkachari or rent office of the estate and at the local thana. (4) Where property is divided into lots for the purpose of being sold separately, it shall not be necessary to make a separate proclamation for each lot, unless proper notice of the sale cannot, in the opinion of the Certificate Officer, otherwise be given.

Every DC, Certificate Officer, Assistant Commissioner ad Additional Deputy commissioner acting under this Act, and every officer of the Government making a requisition under section 5, shall, in the discharge of his functions under this Act, be deemed to be acting judicially within the meaning of the Judicial Officer's Protection Act, 1850 (XVIII of 1850). Save in the case of property of the kind described in the proviso to rule 15, no sale hereunder shall, without the consent in writing of the certificate-debtor, take place until after the expiration of at least thirty days in : the case of immovable property, or of at least fifteen days in the case of movable property exceeding forty rupees in value, calculated from the date on which a. copy of a sale proclamation has been affixed in a conspicuous part of the office of the Certificate Officer or in a case of immovable property in a conspicuous part of the property whichever is later: Provided that if a tenure, a raiyati holding at fixed rates or an occupancy holding situated in an area in which Chapter XIV of the Bengal Tenancy Act, 1885 {VIII of 1885), is in force, is to be sold in execution of a certificate for arrears of rent due in respect thereof, the sale shall not, without the consent in writing of the certificate- debtor, take place until after the expiration of at least thirty days, calculated from- (a) the date on which a copy of the sale proclamation has been affixed in a conspicuous part of the office of the Certificate Officer, or (b) the date on which the sale proclamation has been published in the Malkachari or rent office of the estate and at the local than a, whichever is later. Save in the case of property of the kind described in the proviso to rule 15, no sale hereunder shall, without the consent in writing of the certificate-debtor, take place until after the expiration of at least thirty days in the case of immovable property, or of at least fifteen days in the case of movable property exceeding Rs. 40 in value, calculated from the date on which a copy of a sale proclamation has been affixed in a conspicuous part of the office of the Certificate Officer or in a case of immovable property in a conspicuous part of the property whichever is later: Provided that if a tenure, a raiyati holding at fixed rates or an occupancy holding situated in an area in which Chapter XIV of the Bengal Tenancy Act, 1885 (VIII of 1885), is in force, is to be sold in execution of a certificate for arrears of rent due in respect thereof, the sale shall not, without the consent in writing of the certificate-debtor, take place until after the expiration of at least thirty days, calculated from-(a) the date on which a copy of the sale proclamation has been affixed in a conspicuous part of the office of the Certificate Officer, or (b) the date on which the sale proclamation has been published in the Malkachari or rent office of the estate and at the local thana, whichever is later.

Every Deputy Commissioner, Certificate Officer, Assistant Commissioner ad Additional Deputy commissioner acting under this Act, and every officer of the Government acting under this Act, shall have the power of a Civil Court for the purposes of receiving evidence, administering oaths, enforcing the attendance of witnesses and compelling the production of documents. (1) No holder of a certificate in execution of which property is sold shall, without the express permission of the Certificate Officer, bid for or purchase the property. (2) Where certificate-holder purchases with such permission, the purchase money and the amount due on the certificate may be set off against one another, and the Certificate Officer executing the certificate shall "enter up satisfaction of the certificate in whole or in part accordingly. (3) Where a certificate-holder purchases, by himself or through another person, without such permission, the Certificate Officer may, if he thinks fit, on the application of the certificate-debtor or any other person whose interests are affected by the sale, by order set aside the sale; and the costs of such application and order, and any deficiency of price which may happen on the re-sale and, all expenses attending it, shall be paid by the certificate-holder. (1) No holder of a certificate in execution of which property is sold shall, without the express permission of the Certificate Officer, bid for or purchase the property. (2) Where certificate-holder purchases with such permission, the purchase money and the amount due on the certificate may be set off against one another, and the Certificate Officer executing the certificate shall enter up satisfaction of the certificate in whole or in part accordingly. (3) Where a certificate-holder purchases, by himself or through another person, without such permission, the Certificate Officer may, if he thinks fit, on the application of the certificate-debtor or any other person whose interests are affected by the sale, by order set aside the sale; and the costs of such application and order, and any deficiency of price which may happen on the re-sale and, all expenses attending it, shall be paid by the certificate-holder. (4) This rule shall not apply when the certificate-holder is the Central Government or the State Government.

AII Certificate Officers (not being Deputy Commissioner), Assistant Commissioners and Additional Deputy Commissioners shall, in the performance of their duties under this Act, be subject to the general supervision and control of the Deputy Commissioner. (1) The Certificate Officer may, in his discretion, adjourn any sale hereunder to a specified day and hour; and the officer conducting any such sale may in his discretion adjourn the sale, recording his reasons for such adjournment: Provided that, where the sale is made in, or within the precincts of, the office of the Certificate Officer, no such adjournment shall be made without the leave of the Certificate Officer. (2) Where a sale is adjourned under sub-rule (1) for a longer period than one calendar month a fresh proclamation under rule 47 shall be made unless the certificate debtor consents to waive it. (3) Every sale shall be stopped if, before the lot is knocked down, the debt and costs (including the costs of the sale) are tendered to the officer conducting the sale, or proof is given to his satisfaction that the amount of such debt and costs has been paid to the Certificate Officer who ordered the sale.

(1) An appeal from any original order made under this Act shall lie- (a) if the order was made by an Assistant Commissioner or a Additional Deputy Commissioner, or by a Certificate Officer not being the Deputy Commissioner, - to the Deputy Commissioner, or (b) ifthe order was made by the Deputy Commissioner, - to the Commissioner: Provided that no appeal shall lie from any order made under section 22. (2) Every such appeal must be presented, in case (a), within fifteen days, or, in case (b), within thirty days, from the date of the order. (3) The Deputy Commissioner may, by order, with the previous sanction of the Commissioner, authorize- (i) any Sub divisional Officer, or (ii) any officer appointed under clause (3) of section 3 to perform the functions of a Certificate Officer, to exercise the appellate powers of the Deputy Commissioner under sub-section (1). (4) When any officer has been so authorized, the Deputy Commissioner may transfer to him for hearing any appeal referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (1), unless the order appealed against was made by such officer. (5) Pending the decision of any appeal, execution may be stayed if the appellate authority so directs, but not otherwise. Any deficiency of price which may happen on a re-sale by reason of the purchaser's default, and all expenses attending such re-sale, shall be certified to the Certificate Officer by the officer or other person holding the sale, and shall, at the instance of either the certificate-holder or the certificate-debtor, be recoverable from the defaulting purchaser under the procedure provided by this Act: Provided that no such application shall be entertained unless made within 15 days from the date of re-sale.

No appeal shall lie from any order of a Deputy Commissioner, or an officer authorised under section 51, sub-section (3), when passed on appeal. No officer or other person having any duty to perform in connection with any sale shall, either directly or indirectly, bid for, acquire or attempt to acquire, any interest in the property sold.

(1) The Deputy Commissioner may revise any order passed by a Certificate Officer, Assistant Commissioner or Additional Deputy Commissioner under this Act; the Commissioner may revise any order passed by a Deputy Commissioner under this Act; (2) the Commissioner may revise any order passed by a Deputy Commissioner under this Act. (3) the State Government may revise any order passed by a Commissioner under this Act. (1) Poundage fees shall be leviable in Court-fee stamps in all cases of sale under the Bengal Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913, at the rate of two per cent on the gross amount realised by the sale upto Rs. 1,000 and at the rate of one per cent, on all excess of gross proceeds beyond Rs. 1,000 : Provided that where a sale of immovable property is set aside under s.25, sub-s (2) of the act, any poundage or other fee charged for selling the property shall, on application, be refunded. (2) The percentage be calculated on multiples of Rs. 25, that is to say, a poundage fees of 8 annas shall be levied for every Rs. 25 or part of Rs. 25 realised by the sale up to Rs. 1,000, and in the case of the proceeds of the sale exceeding Rs. 1,000, a fee of 4 annas for every Rs. 25 or part thereof the excess proceeds above Rs. 1,000, shall be levied. (3) In case in which several properties are sold in satisfaction on one certificate, only one poundage fee, calculated on the gross sale proceeds, shall be levied, two per cent, being charged on the gross sale proceeds upto Rs. 1,000 and one per cent, on the cases over Rs. 1,000 of such proceeds. (4) The proceeds of a sale effected in execution of any certificate may, be paid out of Court only on an application made for that purpose in writing and the poundage fee for selling the property must be paid by stamps affixed to the first of such application whether it be, or be not, made by the person who obtained the order for sale, or whether it does or does not, extend the whole of the proceeds. No fee shall be chargeable upon any such application subsequent to the first. (5) In case in which the certificate holder applies for leave to purchase under R. 49, sub-R, (1), no order to set-off the purchase-money against the amount of certificate shall be made upon the application for leave to purchase. Such order shall be made upon a petition presented after the property has been knocked down to the certificate holder at the auction sale, and such petition shall be stamped of the value of the poundage fee due for selling the property. (1) Poundage fees shall be leviable in Court-fee stamps in all cases of sale under the Bengal Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913, at the rate of two per cent on the gross amount realised by the sale upto Rs. 1000 and at the rate of one per cent, on all excess of gross proceeds beyond Rs. 1,000 : Provided that where a sale of immovable property is set aside under s.25, sub-s (2) of the act, any poundage or other fee charged for selling the property shall, on application, be refunded. (2) The percentage be calculated on multiples of Rs. 25, that is to say, a poundage fees of 8 annas shall be levied for every Rs. 25 or part of Rs. 25 realised by the sale up to Rs. 1,000, and in the case of the proceeds of the sale exceeding Rs. 1,000, a fee of 4 annas for every Rs. 25 or part thereof the excess proceeds above Rs. 1,000, shall be levied. (3) In case in which several properties are sold in satisfaction on one certificate, only one poundage fee, calculated on the gross sale proceeds, shall be levied, two per cent, being charged on the gross sale proceeds upto Rs. 1,000 and one per cent, on the cases over Rs. 1,000 of such proceeds. (4) The proceeds of a sale effected in execution of any certificate may, be paid out of Court only on an application made for that purpose in writing and the poundage fee for selling the property must be paid by stamps affixed to the first of such application whether it be, or be not, made by the person who obtained the order for sale, or whether it does or does not, extend the whole of the proceeds. No fee shall be chargeable upon any such application subsequent to the first. (5) In case in which the certificate holder applies for leave to purchase under R. 49, sub-R, (1), no order to set-off the purchase-money against the amount of certificate shall be made upon the application for leave to purchase. Such order shall be made upon a petition presented after the property has been knocked down to the certificate holder at the auction sale, and such petition shall be stamped of the value of the poundage fee due for selling the property.

Upon the hearing of the petition referred to in rule 53, sub-rule (6), the costs of execution, including the poundage fee shall be added to the certificate; and in cases in which the amount of the purchase-money exceeds the amount of certificate and such costs, the certificate holder-auction-purchaser shall pay to the Certificate Officer the sum of 25 percent, on the balance of the purchase-money after deducting the amount of the certificate and of such costs, and shall pay the balance on or before the fifteenth day from the sale in accordance with rule 69.

(1) Where the property to be sold is agricultural produce, the sale shall be held,- (a) if such product is a growing crop - on or near the land on which such crop has grown, or (b) if such produce has been cut or gathered - at or near the threshing-floor or place for treading out grain or the like, or fodder-stack, on or in which it is deposited: Provided that the Certificate Officer may direct the sale to be held at the nearest place of public-resort, if he is of opinion that the produce is thereby likely to sell to greater advantage. (2) Where, on the produce being put up for sale,- (a) a fair price, in the estimation of the person holding the sale, is not offered for it, and (b) the owner of the produce, or a person authorised to act in his behalf, applies to have the sale postponed till the next day or, if a market is held at the place of sale, the next market day, the sale shall be postponed accordingly, and shall be then completed, whatever price may be offered for the produce.

(1) Sections 6 to 9 of the Limitation Act, 1963 (36 of 1963) shall not apply to suits, appeals or applications under this Act. (2) Except as declared in sub-section (1), the provisions of the Limitation Act, 1963, shall apply to all proceedings under this Act as if a certificate filed hereunder were a decree of a Civil Court. (1) Where the property to be sold is a growing crop and the crop from its nature admits of being stored but has not yet been stored, the day of the sale shall be so fixed as to admit of the crop being made ready for storing before the arrival of such day, and the sale shall not be held until the crop has been cut or gathered and is ready for storing. (2) Where the crop from its nature does not admit of being stored or can be sold to a greater advantage in an unripe state (e.g. as green wheat), it may be sold before it is cut and gathered; and the purchaser shall be entitled to enter on the land, and to do all that is necessary for the purpose of tending or cutting or gathering the crop.

A Certificate Officer shall be deemed to be a Court, and any proceeding before him shall be deemed to be a civil proceeding within the meaning of section 14 of the Limitation Act, 1908 (IX of 1908). (1) Where movable property is sold by public auction, the price of each lot shall be paid at the time of sale or as soon after as the officer or other person holding the sale directs, and in default of payment the property shall forthwith be resold. (2) On payment of the purchase-money, the officer or other person holding the sale shall grant a receipt for the same, and the sale shall become absolute. (3) Where the movable property to be sold as a share in goods belonging to the certificate-debtor and a co-owner, and two or more persons, of whom one is such co owner, respectively did the same sum for such property or for any lot, the bidding shall be deemed to be the bidding of the co-owner.

Whoever fraudulently removes, conceals, transfers or delivers to any person any property or any interest therein, intending thereby to prevent that property or interest therein, from being taken in execution of a certificate, shall be deemed to have committed an offence punishable under section 206 ofthe Indian Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860). No irregularity in publishing or conducting the sale of movable property shall vitiate the sale; but any person sustaining substantial injury by reason of such irregularity at the hand of any other person may institute a suit in Civil Court against him for compensation, or (if such other person is the purchaser) for the recovery of the specific property and for compensation in default of such recovery.

(!) Any Certificate Officer may, by written order, authorize any ministerial officer to sign, on behalf of the Certificate Officer, any copy, issued by the Certificate Officer under this Act, of any document referred to therein. (2) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, empower Certificate Officers to authorize ministerial officers, by written order, to sign on behalf of Certificate Officers any classes of original notices, summonses or proclamations issued by Certificate Officers under this Act which are specified in such notification. (1) Where the property sold is movable property of which actual seizure has been made, it shall be delivered to the purchaser. (2) Where the property sold is movable property in the possession of some person other than the certificate-debtor, the delivery thereof to the purchaser shall be made by giving notice to the person in possession prohibiting him from delivering possession of the property to any person except the purchaser. (3) Where the property sold is a debt not secured by a negotiable instrument or is a share in a Corporation, the delivery thereof shall be made by a written order of the Certificate Officer prohibiting the creditor from receiving the debt or any interest thereon, and the debtor from making payment thereof to any person except the purchaser, or prohibiting the person in whose name the share may be standing from making any transfer of the share to any person except the purchaser or receiving payment of any dividend or interest thereon, and the manager, secretary or other proper officer of the Corporation from permitting any such transfer or making any such payment to any person except the purchaser. (1) Where the property sold is movable property of which actual seizure has been made, it shall be delivered to the purchaser. (2) Where the property sold is movable property in the possession of some person other than the certificate-debtor, the delivery thereof to the purchaser shall be made by giving notice to the person in possession prohibiting him from delivering possession of the property to any person except the purchaser. (3) Where the property sold is a debt not secured by a negotiable instrument or is a share in a Corporation, the delivery thereof shall be made by a written order of the Certificate Officer prohibiting the creditor from receiving the debt or any interest thereon, and the debtor from making payment thereof to any person except the purchaser, or prohibiting the person in whose name the share may be standing from making any transfer of the share to any person except the purchaser or receiving payment of any dividend or interest thereon, and the manager, secretary or other proper officer of the Corporation from permitting such transfer or making any such payment to any person except, the purchaser.

(1) Where the execution of a document, or the endorsement of the party in whose name a negotiable instrument or share in a Corporation is standing, is required to transfer such negotiable instrument or share, the Deputy Commissioner, or such officer as he may appoint in this behalf, may execute such document or make such endorsement as may be necessary and such execution or endorsement shall have the same effect as an execution or endorsement by the party. (2) Such execution or endorsement may be in the following form, namely: AB, by CD, Deputy Commissioner of the district of in a proceeding under the Bengal Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913 (Ben. Act III of 1913), against AB. (3) Until the transfer of such negotiable instrument or share, the Certificate Officer may, by order, appoint some person to receive any interest or dividend due thereon, and to sign a receipt for the same; and any receipt so signed shall be as valid and effectual for all purposes as if the same had been signed by the party himself.

In the case of any movable property not hereinbefore provided for, the Certificate Officer may make an order vesting such property in the purchaser or as he may direct; and such property shall vest accordingly.

(1) When a tenure or a holding at fixed rates, situated in an area in which Chapter XIV of the Bengal Tenancy Act, 1885 (VIII of 1885), is in force, has been advertised under rule 46 for sale in execution of a certificate for arrears of rent due in respect thereof, it shall be put up to auction subject to registered and notified encumbrances; and, if the bidding reaches a sum sufficient to liquidate the amount of the certificate and the costs of the sale, the tenure or holding shall be sold subject to such encumbrances. (2) The purchase at such sale may, in manner provided by section 167 of the Bengal Tenancy Act, 1885, and not otherwise annul any encumbrance upon the tenure or holding, not being a registered and notified encumbrance.

(1) If the bidding for a tenure or a holding at fixed rates put up to auction under rule 62, does not reach a sum sufficient to liquidate the amount of the certificate and costs as aforesaid, and if the certificate-holder thereupon desired that the tenure or holding be sold with power to avoid all encumbrances, the person holding the sale shall adjourn the sale and make a fresh proclamation under rule 46 announcing that the tenure or holding will be put up to auction and sold with power to avoid all encumbrances, upon a future day specified therein, not less than fifteen or more than thirty days from the date of the postponement; and upon that day the tenure or holding shall be put up to auction and sold with power to avoid all encumbrances. (2) The purchaser at a sale under this rule may, in manner provided by section 167 of the Bengal Tenancy Act, 1885 (VIII of 1885), and not otherwise, annul any encumbrance on the tenure or holding.

(1) When an occupancy-holding, situated in an area in which Chapter XIV of the Bengal Tenancy Act, 1885, is in force, has been advertised under rule 46 for sale in execution of a certificate for arrears of rent due in respect thereof, it shall be put up to auction and sold with power to avoid all encumbrances. (2) The purchaser at a sale under this rule may, in manner provided by section 167 of the Bengal Tenancy Act, 1885, and not otherwise, annul any encumbrance on the holding.

Where the certificate-holder is a co-sharer landlord and the certificate is for his share of the rent only, the provisions of rules 62, 63 and 64 shall not apply.

(1) Where an order for the sale of immovable property has been made, if the certificate-debtor can satisfy the Certificate Officer that there is reason to believe that the amount of the certificate may be raised by the mortgage or lease or private sale of such property, or some part thereof, or of any other immovable property of the certificate-debtor, the Certificate Officer may, on his application, postpone the sale of the property comprised in the order for sale, on such terms and for such period as he thinks proper, to enable him to raise the amount. (2) In such case the Certificate Officer shall grant a certificate to the certificate-debtor, authorizing him, within a period to be mentioned therein, and notwithstanding anything contained in section 8 or section 18, to make the proposed mortgage, lease or sale: Provided that all moneys payable under such mortgage, lease or sale shall be paid, not to the certificate-debtor, but to the Certificate Officer: Provided also that no mortgage, lease or sale under this rule shall become absolute until it has been confirmed by the Certificate Officer.

(1) When a tenure or holding, situated in an area in which Chapter XIV of the Bengal Tenancy Act, 1885, is in force, is put up for sale in execution of a certificate for arrears of rent due in respect thereof, the certificate-debtor shall not bid for or purchase the tenure or holding. (2) If a certificate-debtor purchases, by himself or through another person, a tenure or holding so sold, the Certificate Officer may, if he thinks fit, on the application of the certificate-holder or any other person interested in the sale, by order, set aside the sale; and the costs of the application and order, and any deficiency of price which may happen on the re-sale, and all expenses attending it, shall be paid by the certificate debtor.

On every sale of immovable property, the person declared to be the purchaser shall pay, immediately after such declaration, a deposit of twenty-five per cent, on the amount of his purchase-money, to the officer or other person conducting the sale; and, in default of such deposit, the property shall forthwith be re-sold.

The full amount of purchase money payable shall be paid by the purchaser to the Certificate Officer on or before the fifteenth day from the sale of the property.

In default of payment within the period mentioned in rule 69, the deposit may, if the Certificate Officer thinks fit, after defraying the expenses of the sale, be forfeited to the Government, and the property shall be resold, and the defaulting purchaser shall forfeit all claims to the property or to any part of the sum for which it may subsequently be sold.

Every re-sale of immovable property, in default of payment of the purchase-money within the period allowed for such payment, shall be made after the issue of a fresh proclamation in the manner and for the period herein before prescribed for the sale.

Where the property sold is a share of undivided immovable property, and two or more persons, of whom one is a co-sharer, respectively bid the same sum for such property or for any lot, the bid shall be deemed to be the bid of the co-sharer.

Where a sale of immovable property is set aside, any money paid or deposited by the purchaser on account of the purchase, together with the penalty (if any) referred to in clause (b) of section 22, and such interest as the Certificate Officer may allow, shall be paid to the purchaser.

(1) Where a sale of immovable property has become absolute, the Certificate Officer shall grant a certificate specifying the property sold and the name of the person who at the time of sale is declared to be the purchaser. (2) Such certificate shall bear date the day on which the sale became absolute.

Where the immovable property sold is in the occupancy of the certificate-debtor, or of some person on his behalf, or of some person claiming under a title created by the certificate-debtor subsequently to the service of the notice issued under section 7, and a certificate in respect thereof has been granted under rule 74, the Certificate Officer shall, on the application of the purchaser, order delivery to be made by putting such purchaser, or any person whom he may appoint to receive delivery on his behalf, in possession of the property, and, if need be, by removing any person who refuses to vacate the same.

Where the property sold is in the occupancy of a tenant or other person entitled to occupy the same, and a certificate in respect thereof has been granted under rule 74, the Certificate Officer shall, on the application of the purchaser, order delivery to be made by affixing a copy of the certificate of sale in some conspicuous place on the property, and proclaiming to the occupant by beat of drum or other customary mode, at some convenient place, that the interest of the certificate-debtor has been transferred to the purchaser.

(1) The Certificate Officer may, before issuing a warrant for the arrest of the certificate debtor, issue a notice calling upon him to appear before the Certificate Officer, on a day to be specified in the notice and show cause why he should not be committed to the civil prison. (2) Where appearance is not made in obedience to the notice, the Certificate Officer may issue a warrant for the arrest of the certificate debtor.

(1) When a certificate has been signed either in accordance with the provisions of section 4, or on a requisition made under section 5, no certificate-debtor shall be arrested in execution of the certificate unless and until the certificate-holder pays into Court such sum as the Certificate Officer thinks sufficient for the subsistence of the certificate-debtor from the time of his arrest until he can be brought before the Certificate Officer. (2) When a certificate-debtor is committed to the civil prison in execution of a certificate, the Certificate Officer shall fix for his subsistence such monthly allowance as he may be entitled to according to the scale fixed by the State Government for the subsistence of arrested judgment-debtors, or, where no such scale has been fixed, as the Certificate Officer considers sufficient with reference to the class to which the certificate-debtor belongs. (3) The monthly allowance fixed by the Certificate Officer, shall be supplied, by the person upon whose requisition the certificate was signed, by monthly payments in advance before the first day of each month. (4) The first payment shall be made to the Certificate Officer for such portion of the current month as remains unexpired before the certificate-debtor is committed to the civil prison; and the subsequent payments (if any) shall be made to the officer in charge of the civil prison. (5) Sums disbursed by the certificate-holder for the subsistence of the certificate-debtor in the civil prison shall be deemed to be costs in the proceeding: Provided that the certificate-debtor shall not be detained in the civil prison or arrested on account of any sum so disbursed.

(1) Every Certificate Officer shall cause to be kept in his office a register of certificates filed in his office under this Act, and shall cause particulars of all such certificates to be entered in such register. (2) Such register shall be open during office hours, for not less than two hours daily, and at such time as may be fixed by the Deputy Commissioner, for inspection by any person who desires to inspect the same; and a fee of one anna shall be chargeable for every such inspection.

(1) Payment of the amount due under any certificate may be made by instalments, if the Certificate Officer in whose office the certificate is filed so directs. (2) The payment of every such instalment shall be entered in the register referred to in rule 79.

(1) When a copy of a certificate has been sent to another officer under section 12, sub-section (1), all sums except Government demands, received by such officer under such certificate shall be remitted by him to the Certificate Officer in whose office the original certificate is filed.

When the whole or any portion of the amount due under a certificate has been realized, the Certificate Officer in whose office the original certificate is filed shall cause an entry of the fact to be made upon the certificate and in the register referred to in rule 79.

When a copy of a certificate has been sent to another officer under section 12, sub-section (1), or when a certificate has been signed upon a requisition, any satisfaction of the certificate, whether in whole or in part shall be certified to such officer, or to the sender of such requisition, as the case may be.

Requisitions from a Liquidator of Cooperative Societies appointed under section 90 of the Bengal Co-operative Societies Act, 1940 (Ben. Act XXI of 1940), submitted under rule 139 of the Bengal Co-operative Societies Rules, 1942, shall be treated as applications from a Government officer, and shall accordingly be exempt from ad valorem fee.

The Forms set forth in the Appendix shall be used, with such variations as circumstances may require.

[See Sections 31 and 32] District . Certificate No of 19 · ·· ·· · To The Officer-in-charge of the civil prison at .. Under orders passed this day, you are hereby directed to set free certificate debtor, now in your custody. Dated this day of 19 . Certificate Officer.

[See Section. 43] To [Name of legal representative) You are hereby informed that a certificate against deceased for Rs. ··· ·········due from him on account of was filed in this office on the 19 under section of the Bengal Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913 and that a demand of Rs , in respect of the said certificate proceeding is due from you as the legal representative of the said deceased. If you deny your liability to pay the sum of Rs , you may, within thirty days from the service of this notice, file in my office a petition denying liability, in whole or in part pa . If within the said thirty days, you fail to file such a petition,or if you fail to show cause, or do not show sufficient cause, why such certificate should not be executed, it will be executed, under the provisions of the said Act, unless you pay Rs , (Rs on account of demand and Rs on account of costs of realisation) into my office. Until the said amount is so paid, you are hereby prohibited from alienating your immovable property, or any part of it, by sale, gift. mortgage or otherwise. If you, in the meantime conceal, remove or dispose of any part of your movable property, the certificate will be executed immediately. A copy of the certificate above-mentioned is hereto annexed. You may remit the amount by money- order quoting the number and year of the certificate: Dated this -day of 19 .. A. B. Certificate Officer of .

[See Sections 13 and 14] To Whereas a certificate No · was filed in this office on ·· 19 .. under section of the Bengal Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913 against.. certificate debtor and the sum of Rs as noted below, is due from him in respect of the said certificate : Original Demand Interest Cost Execution Rs. a. Total Rs. a. p. and whereas the said sum of Rs has not been paid to the certificate holder in satisfaction of the said certificate These are to command you to attach the movable property of the said certificate debtor and unless the said certificate debtor shall pay to you the said sum of Rs ...... with Rs ...... , for the costs of executing this process, to hold the same until further order from the Court; You are further commanded to return this warrant on or before the day of ...... 19 ...... , with 'an endorsement certifying the day on which and the manner in which it has been executed, or thereon why it has not been execu.ted. Dated this day of· · · .. 19 . Certificate Officer.

[See Rule 18 (1) (a) and (c)] To Whereas has failed to satisfy certificate No of 19 . for Rs it is ordered that defendant be and is hereby prohibited and restrained until the further order of this Court, from receiving from you* to the said certificate debtor namely, and that you, the said be, and you are hereby prohibited and restrained, until the further order of······ this Court from [+] to any person whomsoever, or otherwise than into this Court. Given under the seal of the Court, this day of 19 . Certificate Officer of.····· * A certain debt alleged now to be due from you" or "certain movable property in your possession but alleged to belong". [+] "Making payment of the said debt" or "giving delivery of the said movable property".

[See Rule 18 (l)(b)] To The certificate debtor, and to the Secretary of Corporation. Whereas · .. · ·· · ·· ··· has failed to satisfy certificate No of 19 for Rs , it is ordered that you, the defendant, be and you are hereby prohibited and restrained, until further order of this Court from making any transfer of share in the aforesaid corporation, namely or from receiving payment of any dividends thereon ; and you , the Secretary of the said corporation, are hereby prohibited and restrained from permitting any such transfer or making any such payment. Given under the seal of the Court, th is- day of.········ 19··· ·· · Certificate Officer of .

[ See _Rule 18 (1) (c)] To, Whereas- has failed to satisfy certificate No .. , of 19 , for Rs it is ordered that the certificate debtor be, and is hereby prohibited and restrained until further order of this Court, from receiving from, .. ·· .. ···the following property in the possession of the said- that is to say ···to which the certificate debtor is entitled, subject to any claim of the said··········and the said is hereby prohibited and restrained, until the further order of this Court from delivering the said property to any person or persons whomsoever. Given under the seal of the Court, this······ -day of······ 19 . Certificate Officer of .

[See Rule 20] To Whereas certificate debtor in certificate case No of. 19 IS a* receiving his salary or allowance at your hands; and whereas certificate holder in the said case, has applied in this Court for the attachment of the salary or allowances of the said -to the extent or due to him under the certificate, you are required to withhold the said sum of from the salary or allowances of the said in the monthly instalments of and to remit the said sum or monthly instalments to this court. Given under the seal of the Court, this······ -day of······ 19 . Certificate Officer of . *Describe office of certificate debtor.

{See Rule -2 To The Collectorate -Nazir .. Whereas an order has been passed by this Court on the of 19 for the attachment of.········,you are hereby directed to seize the said ·and bring the same into Court. Given under the seal of the Court, this········· ······day of.········ 19 ..... Certificate Officer

{See Rule 22) Certificate case No· .. ········ -of 19· ·· · ·· ·· · ·· · To Sir, The certificate holder having applied under R. 22 of Schedule II of the Bengal Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913 for an a attachment of certain monet now in your hands; * I request that you will hold the said money subject to further order of this Court. I have the honour to be Sir Your most obedient servant, Certificate Officer of.··········· Dated the·······:.:-··day of 19 . =Here state how the money is supposed to be in the hands of the person addressed, on what account, etc.

[See Rule 39] Whereas has made application to this Court for the removal of attachment on placed at your instance in execution of certificate of ,of 19 - ·· ··· · ····· ········· ; this is to give you notice to appear before me on the ······ day of ················, 19··· ··· ··· · ··, either in person or by a pleader duly instructed to support your claim, as attaching creditor. Given under the seal of the Court, this········· ··.· day of 19··· . Certificate Officer.

[ See Rule 44] To The . These are to command you to sell by auction, after giving days' previous notice, by affixing the same in this office, and after making due proclamation, the under-mentioned property attached in execution of certificate No., , in favour of ··· ···············, or so much of the said property as shall realize the sum of Rs······ ·········being the············ ···of the said certificate and costs still. remaining unsatisfied ; You are further commanded to return this warrant on or before the- ·· .. · · · · ··· · · · day of 19 , with an endorsement certifying the manner in which it has been executed not been executed or the reason why it has not been executed. Given under the seal of the Court, this day of 19 . Specification of property- Certificate Officer.

To The Nazir of . Whereas an order has been made for the sale of the property of the certificate debtor under certificate No , dated the , 19 , which is specified in the schedule hereunder annexed; and whereas the day of , 19-, has been fixed for the sale of the said property; Copies of the proclamation of sale are by this warrant made over to you are hereby ordered to have the proclamation published by beat of drum within reach of the properties specified in the said schedule, to affix a copy of the said proclamation on a conspicuous part of each of the said properties and afterwards on my office, and then to submit to me a report showing the dates on which and the manner in which the proclamations have been published. Dated the day of 19 . Schedule Certificate Officer.

Certified that at the re-sale of the property in execution of certificate No dated the 19 , in consequence of default on the part of purchaser, there was a deficiency in the price of the said property, amounting to Rs and that the expenses attending such re-sale amounted to Rs making a total of Rs which sum is recoverable from the defaulter. Dated the day of 19 . Officer Holding the Sale.

To Whereas has become the purchaser at a public sale in execution of certificate No dated the , 19 of now in your possession, you are hereby prohibited from delivering possession of the said to any person except the said . Given under the seal of the Court, this day of 19 . Certificate Officer.

To And , Secretary of Corporation. Whereas, has become the purchaser at a public sale in execution of certificate No dated 19, of certain shares in the above Corporation, that is to say of standing in the name of you . It is ordered that you be and you are hereby, prohibited from making any transfer of the said shares to any person except the said the purchasers aforesaid; or from receiving any dividends thereon; And you Secretary of the said Corporation, from permitting any such transfer or making any such payment to any person except the said ; the purchaser aforesaid. Given under the seal of the Court, this day of 19 . Certificate Officer.

To And to . Whereas has become the purchaser at a public sale in execution of Certificate No of 19 , being debts due from you : to you , it is ordered that you be and you are hereby prohibited from receiving, and you, from making payment of the said debt to any person or persons except the said . Given under the seal of the Court, this day of 19 . Certificate Officer.

Whereas in execution of certificate No of 19 , an order was made on the day of 19 , for the sale of the undermentioned property of the certificate debtor ; and whereas the Court has on the application of the said certificate debtor, postponed the said sale to enable him to raise the amount of the certificate by mortgage, lease, or private sale of the said property or of some part thereof, This is to certify that the Court do hereby authorise the said certificate debtor to make the proposed mortgage, lease, or sale within a period of from the date of this certificate: Provided that all money payable under such mortgage, lease, or sale shall be paid into this Court and not to the said certificate debtor. Given under the seal of the Court, this day of 19 . Description of Property Certificate Officer.

This is to certify that has been declared the purchaser the sale by public auction on the day of 19 , of in execution of certificate No dated the 19 and that the said sale has been duly confirmed by them. Given under the seal of this Court, this day of 19 . Certificate Officer.

To The . Whereas has become the certified purchaser of at a sale in execution of certificate No dated the , 19 you are hereby ordered to put the said , the certified purchaser, as aforesaid, into possession of the same. Given under the seal of the Court, this day of 19 . Certificate Officer.

To I, has made application to me for execution of certificate No of 19 , by arrest and imprisonment of your person; you are hereby required to appear before me on the day of 19 to show cause why you should not be committed to the civil prison in execution of the said certificate, Given under the seal of the Court, this day of 19 . Certificate Officer.

1. Any arrear of revenue which remains due in the following circumstances, namely: When, under the provisions of Bengal Land-Revenue Sales Act, 1859 (XI of 1859), or the Bengal Land-Revenue Sales Act, 1868 (Ben. Act VII of 1868), or any other law for the time being in force, an estate or tenure, or any share of an estate or tenure, has been sold for the recovery of arrears of revenue due thereupon, and, after deducting the expenses of such sale, the balance of the sale-proceeds remaining is insufficient to liquidate the arrears of revenue in discharge of which such sale-proceeds may, under the said provisions, be applied.

2. Any arrear of revenue which is due from a farmer on account of an estate held by him in farm, and is not paid on the latest day of payment fixed under section 3 of the said Bengal Land Revenue Sales Act, 1859 (XI of 1859).

3. Any money which is declared by any law for the time being in force to be recoverable or realizable as an arrear of revenue or land-revenue, or by the process authorized for the recovery of arrears of revenue or of the public revenue or of Government revenue.

4. Any money which is declared by any enactment for the time being in force- (i) to be a demand or a public demand, or (ii) to be recoverable as arrears of a demand or public demand, or as a demand or public demand, or (iii) to be recoverable under the Bengal Land Revenue Sales Act, 1868 (Ben. Act VII of 1868).

5. Any money due from the sureties of a farmer in respect of the revenue of the estate farmed by him.

6. Any money awarded as fees or costs by a revenue authority under any law or any rule having the force of law.

7. Any demand payable to the Deputy Commissioner by a person holding any interest in land, pasturage, forest-rights, fisheries or the like, whether such interest is or is not transferable, when such demand is a condition of the use and enjoyment of such land, pasturage, forest-rights, fisheries or other thing.

8. In the case of property which, under the provisions of any law for the time being in force, is under the charge of, or is managed by, the Court of Wards or the revenue authorities on behalf of a private individual - any arrear of rent, or of any demand which is recoverable as rent, whether such arrear became due-before or after the management devolved upon such court or such authorities.

9. Any money payable to an officer of the Government, in respect of which the person liable to pay the same has, by a written instrument, which shall, except in cases of fees, not exceeding fifty rupees per annum, for licences granted for use and occupation of agricultural land vested in the Government under the West Bengal Estates Acquisition Act, 1953 (West Bengal Act I of 1954), be duly registered, agreed that such money shall be recoverable as a public demand.

9A. Any money payable to Government or to an officer of Government in repayment of a loan in cash or in kind, in respect of which money, the person to whom the loan in cash or in kind was advanced, has agreed by a written instrument that such money shall be recoverable as a public demand.

9B. Any money payable to a Bank or a Financial Institution from any person in respect of any amount advanced or granted under the scheme, shall apart from any other mode of recovery, be recoverable as a public demand.

10. Any stamp duty payable by a proprietor in respect of a paper of partition prepared under the Estates Partition Act, 1897 (Ben. Act V of 1897).

11. In the case of a person to whom the collection of tolls has been framed under section 8 of the Canals Act, 1864 (Ben. Act V of 1864), or of the sureties of such person - any money due in respect of such farm.

12. Any money awarded as compensation under section 2 of the Bengal Land Revenue Sales Act, 1868 (Ben. Act VII of 1868).

12A. Any sum ordered by a liquidator appointed under sub-section (1) of section 42 of the Co-operative Societies Act, 1912 (II of 1912), to be recovered as a contribution to the assets of a society or as the cost of liquidation.

13. Any money due from a purchaser at a sale held in execution of a certificate under this Act, whether the sale is subsisting or not.

Rules (See section 38) SIGNATURE AND VERIFICATION OF REQUISITIONS FOR CERTIFICATES 1. Signature and verification of requisition for certificate.-(1) Every requisition made under section 5 shall be signed and verified at the foot by the person making it. (2) The verification shall state that the person signing the requisition has been satisfied by inquiry that the amount stated in the requisition is actually due. (3) The verification shall be signed by the person making it, and shall state the date on which it is signed. SERVICE OF NOTICES 2. Mode of service. -Service of a notice issued under section 7, or under any other provision of this Act, shall be made by delivering or tendering a copy thereof, signed by the Certificate Officer or such ministerial officer as he authorizes in this behalf, and sealed with the seal ofthe Certificate Officer. 3. Service on certificate-debtor or his agent.-Wherever it is practicable, service shall be made on the certificate-debtor in person, unless he has an agent empowered to accept service, in which case service on such agent shall be sufficient. 4. Service on adult male member of certificate-debtor's family.-Where the certificate-debtor cannot be found, and has no agent empowered to accept service ofthe notice on his behalf, service may be made on any adult male member of the family of the certificate-debtor who is residing with him. Explanation.-A servant is not a member of the family within the meaning of this rule. 5. Person served to sign acknowledgment.-Where the serving officer delivers or tenders a copy of the notice to the certificate-debtor personally, or to an agent or other person on his behalf, he shall require the signature of the person to whom the copy is so delivered or tendered to an acknowledgment of service endorsed on the original notice. 6. Procedure where certificate-debtor refuses to accept service or cannot be found.-Where the certificate- debtor or his agent, or such other person as aforesaid refuses to sign the acknowledgment, or where the serving officer, after using all due and reasonable diligence, cannot find the certificate-debtor, and there is no agent empowered to accept service of the notice on his behalf, nor any other person on whom service can be made, the serving officer shall- (a) affix a copy of the notice on the outer door or some other conspicuous part of the house in which the certificate-debtor ordinarily resides or carries on business or personally works for gain, or (b) if there be land affected by the notice, affix a copy of the-notice on some conspicuous place in the office of the Certificate Officer and also on some conspicuous part of the land, and shall then return the original to the Certificate Officer by whom it was issued, with a report endorsed thereon or annexed thereto stating that he has so affixed the copy, the circumstances under which he did so, and the name and address of the person (if any) by whom the house or land was identified and in whose presence the copy was affixed. 7. Endorsement oftime and manner of service.-The serving officer shall in all cases in which the notice has been served under rule 5, endorse or annex, or cause to be endorsed or annexed, on or to the original notice, a return stating the time when and the manner in which the notice was served, and the name and address of the person (if any) identifying the person served and witnessing the delivery or tender of the notice. 8. Examination of serving officer.-Where a notice is returned under rule 6, the Certificate Officer shall, if the return under that rule has not been verified by the affidavit of the serving officer, and may, if it has been so verified, examine the serving officer on oath, or cause him to be so examined by another Certificate Officer, or, subject to any general order of the Deputy Commissioner, by an Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner or Sub-Deputy Deputy Commissioner, touching his proceedings and may make such further inquiry in the matter as he thinks fit; and shall either declare that the notice has been duly served or order such service as he thinks fit. 9. Service by post.-Notwithstanding anything herein before contained, the notice may, if the Certificate Officer so directs, be served by post. Petitions under Section 9, denying Liability PETITIONS UNDER S 9 DENYING LIABILITY 10. Signature and verification of petition denying liability.-(1) Every petition filed under section 9, denying liability, shall be signed and verified at the foot by the certificate-debtor or by some other person on his behalf who is proved to the satisfaction of the Certificate Officer to be acquainted with the facts of the case. (2) The verification shall be signed by the person making it, and shall state the date on which it is signed. 11 .Transfer of such petitions.-(1) The Certificate Officer may, subject to any general or special order of the Deputy Commissioner, transfer to any Assistant Deputy Commissioner or additional Deputy Commissioner subordinate to the Deputy Commissioner any petition filed under section 9; and such Assistant Deputy Commissioner or additional Deputy Commissioner shall hear and determine such petition accordingly: Provided that the Deputy Commissioner may re-transfer any petition so transferred, and order that it be heard and determined by the Certificate Officer. (2)The provisions of section 10 shall be applicable to any Assistant Deputy Commissioner or additional Deputy Commissioner to whom any such petition has been transferred under sub-rule (1). EXECUTION OF CERTIFICATES 12. Execution in another district-Where a copy of a certificate is sent for execution to any other certificate Officer under section 12, sub-section (1), the certificate may be executed by him. Attachment of Movable Property, etc. ATIACHMENT OF MOVABLE PROPERTY 13. Application for attachment of movable property in the possession ofthe certificate-debtor.-At the time of making an application for the attachment of movable property in the possession of the certificate-debtor, the certificate-holder shall declare whether the property is above or below Rs. 20 in value. If the property is declared to be above Rs. 20 in value, the certificate-holder shall pay the costs of issuing the proclamation of sale. If, however, the value of the property, having been declared to be Rs. 20 or under, should be found as determined by rule 14, to exceed Rs. 20, the certificate-holder shall pay the costs of issuing the proclamation of sale immediately on receipt of notice of attachment. 14. Procedure for the attachment of movable property when its value is up to Rs. 20 or above.- When the attaching officer believes that the property attached does not exceed Rs. 20 in value, he shall inform the debtor or, in his absence, any present adult member of his family, that it will be sold by public auction at once without the issue of any proclamation. In case the certificate-holder or the certificate-debtor, or any person on his behalf, object to this, the attaching officer shall convoke a panchayat of not less than three respectable adult male inhabitants of the neighbourhood, of whom ordinarily the headman of the village should be one, and shall require them to assess the value of the property. If they determine that it exceeds Rs. 20 in value, he shall deal with it according to the rules for the sale of movable property exceeding Rs. 20 in value; otherwise he shall forthwith proceed to sell it by auction after giving such reasonable notice as the circumstances of the case admit ofto intending purchasers. 15. Attachment of movable property (other than agricultural produce) in possession of certificate-debtor.- Where the property to be attached is movable property (other than agricultural produce) in the possession of the certificate-debtor, the attachment shall be made by actual seizure, and the attaching officer shall keep the property in his own custody or in the custody of one of his subordinates, and shall be responsible for the due custody thereof: Provided that, when the property seized is subject to speedy and natural decay or when the expense of keeping it in custody is likely to exceed its value, the attaching officer may sell it at once. 16. Attachment of agricultural produce.-Where the property to be attached is agricultural produce, the attachment shall be made by affixing a copy of the warrant of attachment- (a) where such produce is growing crop - on the land on which such crop has grown, or (2) Subject to such conditions as may be imposed by the Certificate Officer in this behalf, either in the order of attachment or in any subsequent order, the certificate debtor may tend, cut, gather and store the produce and do any other act necessary for maturing or preserving it and if the certificate-debtor fails to do all or any of such acts, the certificate-holder may, with the permission of the Certificate Officer and subject to the like conditions, do all any of them either by himself or by any person appointed by him in this behalf, and the costs incurred by the certificate-holder shall be recoverable from the certificate-debtor as if they were included in the certificate. (3) Agricultural produce attached as a growing crop shall not be deemed to have ceased to be under attachment or to require re-attachment merely because it has been served from the soil. (4) Where an order for the attachment of growing crop has been made at a considerable time before the crop is likely to be fit to be cut or gathered, the Certificate Officer may suspend the execution of the order for such time as he thinks fit, and may, in his discretion, make a further order prohibiting the removal of the crop pending the execution of the order of attachment. (5) A growing crop which from its nature does not admit of being stored shall not be attached under this rule at any time less than twenty days before the time at which it is likely to be fit to be cut or gathered. 17. Provision as to agricultural produce under attachment.-(1) Where agricultural produce is attached, the Certificate Officer shall make such arrangements for the custody thereof as he may deem sufficient, and for the purpose of enabling the Certificate Officer to make such arrangements, every application for the attachment of a growing crop shall specify the time at which it is likely to be fit to be cut or gathered and the applicant shall deposit in Court such sum as the Court shall require in order to defray the cost of watching or tending the crop till such time.

FORM No. 1 [See Sections 4 and 6] [Filed in the office of the Certificate Officer of ..................................] Name of certificate holder, Name and address of certificate debtor, Name and address of certificate debtor, Amount of public demand [including interest, if any, and including the fee paid under S 5, sub-s. (2) if any] for which this certificate is signed, and period for which such demand is due, Further particulars of the public demand for which this certificate is signed. (Name of document) is hereby certified as due from the above-named ......................... (if the certificate is signed on requisition and sent under s. 5 add ). I further certify that the above-mentioned sum of Rs ................................... is justly recoverable and that its recovery by suit is not barred by law. Dated this day of 19 . FORM No. 2 [See Sections 5] [To the Certificate Officer of the District of ...] A. B., Certificate Officer of ................................................ Name of certificate holder, Name and address of certificate debtor, Amount of public demand of certificate debtor, Name of the public demand and for which this requisition is made. I request you to recover the above-mentioned sum of Rs ........................ which I am satisfied after inquiry, is due from the said ........................ in respect of ........................ Verified by me on the day of 19 .. A. B., (Designation). To... FORM No. 3 Notice to Certificate Debtor [See Section 7] (Name of Certificate Debtor) You are hereby informed that a certificate against you for Rs ........ due from you on account of has this day been filed in my office, under section .... the Bengal Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913; If you deny your liability to pay the said sum of Rs ........ you may within the said thirty days from the service of this notice, file in my office a petition denying liability, in whole or in part; If within the said thirty days you fail to file such petition or if you fail to show cause or do not show sufficient cause, why such certificate should not be executed ; it will be executed under the provisions of the said Act, unless you pay Rs ..... (Rs ....... ) on account of the demand and Rs .......... on account of costs of realisation) into my office. Until the said amount is so paid, you are hereby prohibited from alienating your immovable property, or any part of it, by sale, gift, mortgage or otherwise ; If you, in the meantime, conceal, remove or dispose of any part of your movable property, the certificate would be executed immediately. A : Copy of the certificate above-mentioned is hereto annexed. You may remit the amount by money order quoting the number and year of the certificate. Dated this ...... day of, 19. A.B. Certificate Officer of. FORM No. 4 Petition denying Liability [See Section 9] To The Certificate Officer of . The humble petition of (name of petitioner) of (address) SHEWETH:- That a certificate No .... of .....................(year), for the sum of .... has been filed against your petitioner in your under sections .... of the Bengal Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913. That your petitioner respectfully denies his liability to pay the said sum of Rs .... ( or where the liability of part is admitted, denies his liability to pay more than Rs .... ), and this is for the following reasons : That the facts above stated are true to the best of your petitioner's knowledge and belief. Your petitioner therefore respectfully prays that the said certificate may be set aside (or modified or varied). A.B. Petitioner. FORM No. 5 Notice to show cause why sale should not be set aside [See Proviso to Section 25 (2)] To .... Whereas the under-mentioned property was sold on the .................... day 19 ...., in execution of Certificate No ..................., dated the...................., 19...., and whereas the certificate holder (or the Certificate Debtor) applied to me to set aside the sale of the said property on the ground .................................................... Take notice that if you have any cause to show why the said application should not be granted, you should appear with your proofs in this office on the, .... day of 19 .... when the said application will be heard and determined. Given under the seal of the Court, this .... day of 19 .... Description of Property. Certificate Officer. FORM No. 6 Summons to appear and answer charge of obstructing execution of certificate [See Section 27 (2)] Certificate No .... of 19 . To .... Whereas .... the certificate holder in the above certificate has complained to this Court that you have resisted (or obstructed) the officer charged with the execution of the warrant for possession; You are hereby summoned to appear in this Court on the .... day of 19 .... at .... am, to answer the said complaint. Given under the seal of the Court, this .... day of 19 .... Certificate Officer. FORM No. 7 Warrant of Committal [See Section 23] To The Officer-in-charge of the Civil Prison at .... Whereas the under mentioned property has been sold to the purchaser at auction sale in execution of certificate case No .... dated 19 .... and whereas the Court is satisfied that .... without any just cause resisted (or obstructed) and is still resisting (or obstructing) the said .... in obtaining possession of the property, and whereas the said .... has made application to this Court that the said .... be committed to the civil prison ; You are hereby commanded and required to take and receive the said .... into the civil prison and to keep him imprisoned therein for the period of .... days. Given under the seal of the Court, this .... day of 19 .... Certificate Officer. FORM No. 8 Warrant of Arrest [See Section 29] To .... Whereas a certificate NO .... was filed in this office on the .... 19 .... under section .... of Bengal Public Demands Recovery Act 1913 against .... certificate debtor, and the sum of .... as noted below is due from him in respect of the said certificate: Original demand: .... Rs. a. p. Interest .... Cost of execution .... Total .... And whereas the said sum of Rs .... has not been paid to the certificate holder in- satisfaction of the said certificate ; These are to command you to arrest the said certificate debtor and unless the said certificate debtor shall pay to you the said sum of Rs .... together with Rs .... for the costs of executing this process, to bring him before the Court with all convenient speed; You are further commanded to return this warrant on or before the .... day of 19 .... with an endorsement certifying the day on which and the manner in which it has been executed, or the reason why it has not been executed. Dated this .... day of .... 19. Certificate Officer. FORM No. 9 Order committing certificate debtor to the civil prison [See Section 29] To The Officer-in-charge of the Civil Prison at .... Whereas .... who has been brought before me this .... day of .... 19 .... under a warrant in execution of certificate No .... filed in this office on the .... 19 .... under section .... of the Bengal Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913; and by which certificate it was ordered that the said .... should pay, and whereas the said .... has not paid the said sum nor satisfied me that he is entitled to be discharged from custody ; You are hereby commanded and required to take and receive the said .... into the civil prison and keep him imprisoned therein for a period not exceeding .... or until the said certificate shall be fully satisfied, or the said .... shall be otherwise entitled to be released according to the terms and provisions of S. 31 or S. 32 of the said Act; And I hereby fix .... annas per diem as the rate of the monthly allowance for the subsistence of the said .... during his confinement under this order of committal. Certificate Officer. Dated this day of 19. FORM No. 10 Order for the release of person imprisoned in execution of a certificate [See Sections 31 and 32] District .... Certificate No .... of 19 .... To The Officer-in-charge of the civil prison at .... Under orders passed this day, you are hereby directed to set free .... certificate debtor, now in your custody. Dated this day of 19. Certificate Officer. FORM No. 11 Notice to legal representative of certificate debtor [See Section 43] To .... (Name of legal representative) You are hereby informed that a certificate against .... deceased for Rs. ........... due from him on account of .... was filed in this office on the .... 19 .... under section .... of the Bengal Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913 and that a demand of Rs .... in respect of the said certificate proceeding is due from you as the legal representative of the said deceased. If you deny your liability to pay the sum of Rs .... you may, within thirty days from the service of this notice, file in my office a petition denying liability, in whole or in part. If within the said thirty days, you fail to file such a petition, or if you fail to show cause, or do not show sufficient cause, why such certificate should not be executed, it will be executed, under the provisions of the said Act, unless you pay Rs .... (Rs .... on account of demand and Rs .... on account of costs of realisation) into my office. Until the said amount is so paid, you are hereby prohibited from alienating your immovable property, or any part of it, by sale, gift, mortgage or otherwise. If you, in the meantime conceal, remove or dispose of any part of your movable property, the certificate will be executed immediately. A copy of the certificate above-mentioned is hereto annexed. You may remit the amount by money-order quoting the number and year of the certificate: Dated this .... day of 19 .... A. B. Certificate Officer of .... FORM No. 11-A Warrant of attachment of movable property [See Sections 13 and 14] To .... Whereas a certificate No .... was filed in this office on .... 19 .... under section .... of the Bengal Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913 against .... certificate debtor and the sum of Rs .... as noted below, is due from him in respect of the said certificate: Original Demand .... Interest .... Cost .... Execution .... Rs. a. p. Total .... Rs. a. p. and whereas the said sum of Rs .... has not been paid to the certificate holder in satisfaction of the said certificate These are to command you to attach the movable property of the said certificate debtor and unless the said certificate debtor shall pay to you the said sum of Rs .... with Rs .... for the costs of executing this process, to hold the same until further order from the Court; You are further commanded to return this warrant on or before the day of .... 19 .... with an endorsement certifying the day on which and the manner in which it has been executed, or thereon why it has not been executed. Dated this day of .... 19. Certificate Officer. FORM NO 16 Order of attachment of Negotiable Instruments {See Rule 2} To The Collectorate-Nazir Whereas an order has been passed by this Court on the of 19 for the attachment of, you are hereby directed to seize the said and bring the same into Court. Given under the seal of the Court, this day of 19 Certificate Officer

FORM No. 17 Attachment PROHIBITORY ORDER, WHERE THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF MONEY OR OF ANY SECURITY IN THE CUSTODY OF A COURT OF JUSTICE OR OFFICER OF GOVERNMENT {See Rule 22} Certificate case No of 19 To Sir, The certificate holder having applied under R. 22 of Schedule II of the Bengal Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913 for an attachment of certain money now in your hands; * I request that you will hold the said money subject to further order of this Court. I have the honour to be Sir Your most obedient servant, Certificate Officer of. Dated the day of 19 *Here state how the money is supposed to be in the hands of the person addressed, on what account, etc.

FORM No. 18 Notice to certificate holder [See Rule 39] Whereas has made application to this Court for the removal of attachment on placed at your instance in execution of certificate of, of 19; this is to give you notice to appear before me on the day of 19, either in person or by a pleader duly instructed to support your claim, as attaching creditor. Given under the seal of the Court, this day of 19. Certificate Officer.

FORM No. 19 Warrant of Sale of Property [See Rule 44] To The These are to command you to sell by auction, after giving days' previous notice, by affixing the same in this office, and after making due proclamation, the under-mentioned property attached in execution of certificate No., in favour of, or so much of the said property as shall realize the sum of Rs being the of the said certificate and costs still remaining unsatisfied; You are further commanded to return this warrant on or before the day of 19, with an endorsement certifying the manner in which it has been executed or the reason why it has not been executed. Given under the seal of the Court, this day of 19 . Specification of property- Certificate Officer.

FORM No. 20 Notice of the day fixed for settling a sale for proclamation [See Rule 46] To Whereas, in execution of certificate NO of a sale is about to be held of your property mentioned below; you are hereby informed that the day of 19, has been fixed for settling the terms of the proclamation of sale. The total amount due from you in respect of the certificate including costs and interests is Rs . Given under the seal of the Court, this day of, 19 Specification of property Certificate Officer.

FORM No. 21 Proclamation of Sale [See Rule 46] Certificate No of 19 under which is the certificate holder and is the certificate debtor Notice is hereby given that, under R. 44 in Schedule II to the Bengal Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913, an order has been passed by me for the sale of the property mentioned in annexed schedule, in satisfaction of the claim of the certificate holder under the certificate mentioned in the margin amounting, with costs and interest up to date of sale, to the sum of Rs . The sale will be by public auction, and the property will be put up for sale in the lots specified in the schedule, The sale will be of the property of the certificate debtor above named, as mentioned in the Schedule below. In the absence of any order of postponement, the sale will be the held by at the monthly sale commencing at o'clock on the at In the event, however, of the debt above specified, and the cost of the sale being tendered or paid before the knocking down in any lot, the sale will be stopped. At the sale the public generally are invited to bid, either personally or by duly authorised agent. The following are the further: Conditions of sale 1. The particulars specified in the schedule below have been stated to the best of the information of the Certificate Officer; but the Certificate Officer will not be answerable for any error, mis-statement or omission in this proclamation. 2. The amount by which the biddings are to be increased shall be determined by the officer conducting the sale. In the event of any dispute arising as to the amount bid or as to the bidder the lot shall at once be again put up to auction. 3. The highest bidder shall be declared to be the purchaser of any lot; provided always that he is legally qualified to bid; and provided that it shall be in the discretion of the officer holding the sale to decline acceptance of the highest bid when the price offered appears so clearly inadequate as to make it advisable to do so. 4. For reasons recorded it shall be in the discretion of the officer conducting the sale to adjourn it, subject always to the provisions of the R. 50 in Schedule II to the Bengal Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913. 5. In the case of movable property, the price of each lot shall be paid at the time of sale or as soon after as the officer holding the sale directs, and in default of payment the property shall forthwith be again put up and re-sold. 6. In the case of movable property, the person declared to be the purchaser shall pay immediately after such declaration a deposit of 25 per cent of the amount of his purchase money to the officer conducting the sale, and in default of such deposit the property shall forthwith be put up again and re-sold. 7. The full amount of the purchase money shall be paid by the purchaser before the office of the Certificate Officer closes on the fifteenth day after the sale of the property, exclusive of such day, or, If the fifteenth day be a Sunday or other holidays, then on the first office day after the fifteenth day. 8. In default of payment of the balance of purchase money within the period allowed, the property shall be re-sold after the issue of a fresh notification of sale. The deposit, after defraying the expenses of the sale, may, if the Certificate Officer thinks fit, be forfeited to the Government, and the defaulting purchaser shall forfeit all claim to the property or to any part of the sum for which it may be subsequently sold. Given under the seal of the Court, this day of 19 . Certificate Officer. Schedule of property No of plot; Description of the property to be sold with the name of each owner where there are more certificate debtors than one; The revenue assessed upon the estate or part of the estate, if the property to be sold is an interest in an estate or a part of an estate paying revenue to the Government; Claims (if any) which have been put forward to the property and any other known particulars bearing on its nature and value.

FORM No. 22 [Order on the Nazir for causing publication of proclamation of sale] [See Rule 47] To The Nazir of . Whereas an order has been made for the sale of the property of the certificate debtor under certificate No , dated the , 19 , which is specified in the schedule hereunder annexed; and whereas the day of , 19-, has been fixed for the sale of the said property; Copies of the proclamation of sale are by this warrant made over to you are hereby ordered to have the proclamation published by beat of drum within reach of the properties specified in the said schedule, to affix a copy of the said proclamation on a conspicuous part of each of the said properties and afterwards on my office, and then to submit to me a report showing the dates on which and the manner in which the proclamations have been published. Dated the day of 19 . Certificate Officer. Schedule

FORM No. 23 Certificate by Officer holding a sale, of the deficiency of price on a re-sale of property by reason of the purchaser's default {See Rule 51} Certified that at the re-sale of the property in execution of certificate No dated the 19 , in consequence of default on the part of purchaser, there was a deficiency in the price of the said property, amounting to Rs and that the expenses attending such re-sale amounted to Rs making a total of Rs which sum is recoverable from the defaulter. Dated the day of 19 . Officer Holding the Sale.

FORM No. 24 Notice to person in possession of movable property sold in execution [See Rule 59(2)] To Whereas has become the purchaser at a public sale in execution of certificate No dated the , 19 of now in your possession, you are hereby prohibited from delivering possession of the said to any person except the said . Given under the seal of the Court, this day of 19 . Certificate Officer.

FORM NO 25 Prohibitory order against the transfer of shares sold in Execution {See Rule 59 (5)} To And , Secretary of Corporation. Whereas, has become the purchaser at a public sale in execution of certificate No dated 19, of certain shares in the above Corporation, that is to say of standing in the name of you . It is ordered that you be and you are hereby, prohibited from making any transfer of the said shares to any person except the said the purchasers aforesaid; or from receiving any dividends thereon; And you Secretary of the said Corporation, from permitting any such transfer or making any such payment to any person except the said ; the purchaser aforesaid. Given under the seal of the Court, this day of 19 . Certificate Officer.