Stay of sale.

If at any time before the bidding at the auction is completed the defaulter pays the arrear in respect of which the property has been proclaimed for sale, together with the cost incurred for the recovery thereof, to the officer conducting the sale, or proves to the satisfaction of that officer that he has already paid the same 1[either at the place and in the manner prescribed under section 56 or] into the Government treasury, the sale shall be stayed.