Section 78Sums certified due recoverable as public demand

s. 78

78. Sums certified due recoverable as public demand (1) Every sum certified to be due from any person by an auditor in his report under section 76, unless such certificate is modified or cancelled by the Government by an order made under section 77, and every sum due on a modified certificate, shall be paid by such person within sixty days after the service of a demand for the same issued by the Government. (2) If such payment is not made in accordance with the provisions of sub section (1), the sum payable shall be recoverable as a public demand under the [* * *] Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913.

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