Release on ground of illness

(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.