Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
15. The Court shall receive such deposit on the written application of the Co-sharer, under-proprietor or tenant or his recognized agent: (Procedure on making and withdrawing such payment. the application shall bear a stamp of eight annas; and on such co-sharer, under-proprietor, tenant or agent, making a declaration in the form set forth in schedule A hereto annexed, or as near thereto as circumstances will admit, the Court shall give him a receipt for the deposit.
Such declaration shall be verified in the manner prescribed for the verification of plaints in the Code of Civil Procedure, and the provisions of section 24 of the said Code shall apply to the person making the verification.
Upon receiving the money so deposited, the Court shall issue to the person to whose credit it has been deposited a notice in the form set forth in schedule B hereto annexed.
Service of notice.
In the absence of any such agent, it may be served by putting up a copy of the same at the Court-house, and another copy at the ordinary place of residence, within the jurisdiction of the Court, of such person, or if there be no such place, at the place where the revenue or rent is usually paid to the lumberdár or landlord, as the case may be, for the land in respect of which the money has been deposited.
If the person on whom such notice is served or his recognized agent appears and applies that the money in deposit be paid to him, it shall immediately be paid accordingly.
Source: India Code