82: Arrest and detention of defaulter

Arrest and detention of defaulter.– [(1) If after lapse of twenty days of the service of the notice of demand under section 81 on a defaulter, arrears of land-revenue due from him or any part thereof, remain unpaid, a Revenue Officer may issue a warrant directing an officer named therein to arrest the defaulter or the person who furnishes security under clause (b) of sub-section (8) and bring him before the Revenue Officer.] (2) [* * * * * * * * * * * *] (3) When the defaulter is brought before the Revenue Officer, the Revenue Officer may cause him to be taken before the Collector, or may keep him under personal restraint for a period not exceeding ten days and then, if the arrear is still unpaid, cause him to be taken before the Collector. (4) Where the Revenue Officer keeping a defaulter under personal restraint is an Assistant Collector of the second grade, he shall without delay report his action to the Collector, if the period of such restraint exceeds twenty-four hours. (5) When the defaulter is brought before the Collector, the Collector may issue an order to the officer-in-charge of the civil jail of the District, directing him to confine the defaulter in jail for such period not exceeding the month from the date of the order, as the Collector thinks fit. (6) The process of arrest and detention shall not be executed against a defaulter who is a female, a minor, a lunatic or an idiot. (7) A warrant of arrest issued against a defaulter under sub-section (1) shall not be executed, if the arrears due from him are paid or the defaulter furnishes security in the manner provided in clause (b) of sub-section (8). The Punjab Land Revenue Act 1967 (XVII of 1967) 129 (8) Any defaulter, who, under sub-section (3) is being kept under personal restraint, or under sub-section (5) is being confined in the civil jail, shall forthwith be set at liberty– (a) on the arrears due from such defaulter being paid; or (b) on the defaulter furnishing to the Revenue Officer ordering his arrest, or the Collector, security to the satisfaction of the Revenue Officer or the Collector, as the case may be, for the payment of the arrears due from him.

Effective date: 1967-12-07

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