Prohibition of purchase of tenure or holding by certificate-debtor

(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.