Section 85: Recovery of penalties due under bond

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85. Recovery of penalties due under bond. —When any person, in accordance with any provision of this Act, or in compliance with any rule made thereunder, binds himself by any bond or instrument to perform any duty or act, or convenants by any bon d or instrument that he, or that he and his servants and agents will obtain from any act, the whole sum mentioned in such bond or instrument as the amount to be paid in case of a breach of the conditions thereof may, notwithstanding anything in section 74 of the Contract Act, 1872 (IX of 1872), be recovered from him in case of such breach as if it were an arrear of land-revenue.

Effective date: 1927-01-01

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