Modes of execution

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.