No claim to abatement or remission of revenue, unless the same shall have been allowed by the authority of Government, and no private demand or cause of action whatever, held or supposed to be held by any defaulter against Government, shall bar or render void or voidable a sale under this Act; nor shall the plea that money belonging to the defaulter, and sufficient to pay the arrear of revenue due, was in the Collector's hands, bar or render void or voidable a sale under this Act, unless such money stand in the defaulter's name alone and without dispute, and unless, after application in due time made by the defaulter, or after the written agreement provided for in Section XV of this Act, the Collector shall have neglected, or refused on insufficient grounds, to transfer it in payment of the arrear of revenue due.
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Section 1 · Laws repealed.Section 2 · What is an arrear of revenue.Section 3 · Latest day of payment.Section 4 · In Sylhet, personal property of defaulters may in the first instance be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 9 · Deposits receivable from persons not proprietors.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 16 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.