90: Proceedings against other immovable property of defaulter

Proceedings against other immovable property of defaulter.– (1) If the arrear cannot be recovered by any of the processes hereinbefore provided the Collector may, where the defaulter owns any other holding or any other immovable property, proceed under the provisions of this Act against that property as if it were the land in respect of which the arrear is due: Provided that no interests save those of the defaulter alone shall be so proceeded against, and no encumbrances created, grants made or contracts entered into by him in good faith shall be rendered invalid by reason only of his interests being proceeded against. 132 The Punjab Laws (2) When the Collector decides to proceed under this section against immovable property other than the land in respect of which the arrear is due, he shall issue a proclamation prohibiting the transfer or charging of the property. (3) The Collector may at any time, by order in writing, withdraw the proclamation, and it shall be deemed to be withdrawn when either the arrear has been paid or the interests of the defaulter in the property have been sold for the recovery of the arrear. (4) Any private alienation of the property or of any interest of the defaulter therein, whether by sale, gift, mortgage or otherwise made after the issue of the proclamation and before the withdrawal thereof shall be void. (5) In proceeding against property under this section, the Collector shall follow, as nearly as the nature of the property may admit, the procedure prescribed for the enforcement of process against land on which an arrear of land-revenue is due.

Effective date: 1967-12-07

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