Limitation for recovery of dues

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(1) No distraint shall be made, no prosecution shall be commenced and no suit shall be instituted in respect of any sum due to the Corporation on account of a property tax or tax on vehicles and animals or any other sum due under this Act after the expiration of the period of three years from the date on which distrant might have been made or after the expiration of a period of six years from the date on which prosecution might first have been commenced or after the expiration of nine years from the date on which a suit might have been first instituted, as the case may be, in respect of such sum.
(2) It shall be the duty and responsibility of the Commissioner to place before the Standing Committee, a list of arrears due to the Corporation under this Act which, if no action is taken within the period specified in sub-section (1), are likely to be time-barred, at least one year before the expiry of the said period stating the reasons for the delay in the recovery of such amount and requesting for the instructions or directions of the Standing Committee in regard to the recovery of such arrears:

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