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THE FOREST ACT 1927

CHAPTER XIII (MISCELLANEOUS)

Recovery of money due to Government

82. All money payable to the Government under this Act, or under any rule made under this
Act, or on account of the price of any forest-produce, or of expenses incurred in the
execution of this Act in respect of such produce, may, if not paid when due, be recovered
under the law for the time being in force as if it were an arrear of land-revenue.

THE STATE ACQUISITION AND TENANCY ACT, 1950

(EAST BENGAL ACT NO. XXVIII OF 1951).

CHAPTER XVI
PROVISIONS AS TO RENT AND REALISATION OF RENT
Section Index
139. The holding of a raiyat or the tenancy of a non-agricultural tenant shall be liable to sale
in execution of a certificate signed under the Bengal Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913,
for the rent thereof, and the rent shall be a first charge thereon.

141. All arrears of rent shall be recoverable under the Bengal Public Demands Recovery
Act, 1913, subject to such rules as may be made in this behalf by the Government and not
otherwise:

Provided that a certificate signed under the said Act for arrears of rent shall not be executed
by arresting the certificate-debtor and detaining him in the civil prison.

142. The period of limitation for the recovery of an arrear of rent shall be three years
running from the last day of the year in which the arrear fell due.

THE EMBANKMENT AND DRAINAGE ACT, 1952

(EAST BENGAL ACT NO. I OF 1953).

54. 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 1[ * * *] 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.

THE BANGLADESH SMALL AND COTTAGE INDUSTRIES CORPORATION

ACT, 1957

(EAST PAKISTAN ACT NO. XVII OF 1957).

33. (1) If the borrower fails to make the payment demanded or to carry out the directions
given in a notice under section 32 within the time specified in the notice, the Board may
issue a certificate in the prescribed form and manner certifying the borrower to be a
defaulter and certifying the aggregate sum, including interest, payable by the borrower to
the Corporation on and up to the date of the certificate and the rate at which interest was
payable thereon thereafter.

(2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (3), a certificate issued under sub-section (1)
shall be conclusive evidence that the sums certified in the certificate together with further
interest at the rate certified were recoverable by the Corporation from the borrower, and
such sums shall be immediately recoverable as arrears of land revenue.

(3) The borrower may appeal to the Government against a certificate issued under sub-
section (1) within 15 days of its issue and the Government may cancel or modify the
certificate.on Index

THE WAQFS ORDINANCE, 1962

(EAST PAKISTAN ORDINANCE NO. I OF 1962).

78. (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 1[ * * *] Public Demands
Recovery Act, 1913.

THE INCOME TAX ORDINANCE, 1984

142. (1) The Deputy Commissioner of Taxes may forward to the Collector of the District
in which the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Taxes is situate or the district in
which the assessee resides or owns property or carries on business or profession, a
certificate under his signature specifying the amount of arrears due from an
assessee, and the Collector, on receipts of such certificate shall proceed to recover, from
such assessee the amount specified therein as if it were an arrear of land revenue.

PREMISES RENT CONTROL ACT, 1991 (ACT NO.3, 1991)

22. Repair of premises by the Deputy Commisssioner etc. .- Notwithstanding anything

contained in section 21, the Deputy Commissioner may, if he is satisfied to the effect
that any premises be in need of repairs in order to prevent their deterioration, undertake
such repairs on his own initiative and recover the entire cost of such repair from the rent
payable to the landlord by attaching the same under the Public Demands Recovery Act,
1913 (III of 1913).

THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2009

Penalty Provisions: Section 27- While deciding on a complaint, or if the Information

Commissioner believes that for any reason given below, any Responsible Officer will be
liable for fine of 50 Taka per day up to a maximum of 5,000/- Taka for –

i) Refusing to accept an application or appeal without any reasonable cause; ii) Not
furnishing information or not taking a decision on this matter within the time specified;
iii) Malafidely denying the request for information or appeal; iv) Instead of giving the
information requested, giving incorrect, incomplete or misleading or distorted
information and; v) Obstructing furnishing of information in any manner.
In case of failure to recover the penalty or compensation from the Responsible Officer,
then that amount can be recovered through such procedures as are applicable for
recovery of land revenue in accordance with the provisions of the Public Demands
Recovery Act, 1913. (Sub-section 4).