section 35
Grounds for cancellation or modification of certificate by Civil Court
The Bengal Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913(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.
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