If in any case of sale held according to the provisions of the last preceding Section, the highest offer for the share exposed to sale shall not equal the amount of arrear due thereupon to the date of sale the Collector or other Officer as aforesaid shall stop the sale, and shall declare that the entire estate will be put up to sale for arrear of revenue at a future date, unless the other recorded sharer or sharers, or one or more of them, shall within ten days purchase the share in arrear by paying to Government the whole arrear due from such share. If such purchase be completed, the collector or other officer as aforesaid shall give such certificate and delivery of possession as are provided for in Sections XXVIII and XXIX of this Act, to the purchaser or purchasers, who shall have the same rights as if the share had been purchased by him or them at the sale. If no such purchase be made within ten days as aforesaid, the entire estate shall be sold, after notification for such period and publication in such manner as if proscribed in Section VI of this Act.
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Section 1 · Laws repealed.Section 2 · What is an arrear of revenue.Section 3 · Latest day of payment.Section 4 · In Sylhet, personal property of defaulters may in the first instance be distrained and sold.Section 5 · Proviso in the case of certain descriptions of arrears.Section 6 · Notifications of sale to be issued, and no tender after latest day of payment to stop the sale.Section 7 · Notice to ryots, &.Section 8 · Claims against Government held by a defaulter not to invalidate a sale.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 16 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.