Application of Act 18 of 1850

Every Collector, Certificate Officer, Assistant Collector, Deputy Collector or Sub-Deputy Collector acting under this Act, and every Government officer making a requisition under section 4, shall, in the discharge of his functions under this Act, be deemed to be acting judicially within the meaning of the Judicial Officer's Protection Act, 1850. When the whole or any portion of the amount due under a certificate has been realised, the Certificate Officer in whose office the original certificate is filed shall cause an entry of the fact to be made upon the certificate and in the register referred to in rule 54.