Section 54Recovery of sums apportioned

s. 54

54. Recovery of sums apportioned If any sum payable to the Deputy Commissioner, or any instalment thereof, be not, pursuant to the said order, paid the same with interest may be recovered as a public demand under the provisions of the [* * *] Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913, or any similar Act for the time being in force. Any such sum shall be a charge on the lands in respect of which it is apportioned, other than the lands in relation to which a person is deemed to be owner under the proviso to clause (f) of section 3, and shall not be avoided by any transfer of such lands.

1. 3. The word “Bengal” was omitted by Article 6 of the Bangladesh (Adaptation of Existing Laws) Order, 1972 (President’s Order No. 48 of 1972)