Punjab Land-Revenue Act, 1887 · Chapter VII: Recovery of Other Demands by Revenue-Officers.
Section 97: Recovery of certain arrears through Revenue-officer instead of by suit
When a village-officer required by rules under section 28 to collect any land-revenue or sum recoverable as an arrear of landrevenue satisfies a Revenue-officer that the revenue or sums has fallen due and has not been paid to him, the Revenue-officer may, subject to any rules which the Financial Commissioner may make in this behalf, recover it is if it were an arrear of land-revenue.
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