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| (1) An Agrarian Services Committee may by notice in writing direct every owner or occupier of agricultural land liable to pay acreage levy to such Committee to pay such levy within such periods as shall be specified in such notice. |
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| (2) Where an Agrarian Services Committee is satisfied after due inquiry that a person to whom a written notice has been given has failed to pay the amount specified in such notice within the time given therefor, such amount shall on application by an officer authorized in that behalf by such Committee made to the Magistrate's Court having jurisdiction over the place where the extent of agricultural land in respect of which the levy is payable is situated be recovered in like manner as a fine imposed by such court. |
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| (3) For the purposes of subsection (2) a certificate under the hand of the officer authorized in that behalf by the Committee to the effect that the sum specified therein is due to the Committee from the person named in the certificate shall be conclusive proof that such sum is due to the Committee from such person. |
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