Requisition of certificate in other cases

(1) When any public demand payable to any person other than the Deputy Commissioner is due, such person may send to the Certificate-officer a written requisition in the prescribed form: Provided that no action shall be taken under this Act on a requisition made by a land development bank registered or deemed to be registered under the Manipur Co-operative Societies Act, 1976 (Manipur Act 14 of 1976), or an assignee of such bank, unless the requisition is countersigned by the Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Manipur. (2) Every such requisition shall be signed and verified in the prescribed manner, and shall, in such cases as may be prescribed, be chargeable with the fee of the amount which would be payable under the Court Fees Act, 1870 (VII of 1870), in respect of a plaint for the recovery of a sum of money equal to that stated in the requisition as being due.