PLRA 67 — Processes for recovery of arrears

Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887

Statutory text

Subject to the other provisions of this Act, an arrear of land-revenue may be recovered by any one or more of the following processes, namely: —

(a) by service of writ of demand on the defaulter;

(b) by arrest and detention of his person;

(c) by distress and sale of his movable property and uncut or ungathered crops;

(d) by transfer of the holding in respect of which the arrear is due;

(e) by attachment of the estate or holding in respect of which the arrear is due;

(f) by annulment of the assessment of that estate or holding;

(g) by sale of that estate or holding;

(h) by proceeding against other immovable property of the defaulter.

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