Amendment of Section 2 of the Principal Act

(1) In section 2(e), the words “and Sub Divisional Magistrates and Subordinate Officers dealing in the Revenue matter” shall stand deleted. (2) Clause (h) of section 2 of the Principal Act shall be substituted by the following, namely :- “(h) ‘Public demand’ means any arrear or money payable or due to the Government, or to any Scheduled Bank or financial institution approved by the Reserve Bank of India, and includes any money recoverable as arrear of land revenue by any law in force or by any lawful and valid agreement with the Government of such Banks or financial institution.”