Section 5. Recovery by Collectors of sums recoverable as arrears of revenue by other public officers or by local authorities

(3) The Collector shall, on receipt of the certificate under sub-section (1), proceed to recover the amount stated therein as if the sum were payable to himself. (2) Save as otherwise provided by this Act, the certificate shall be conclusive proof of the matters therein stated. (4) The provisions of section 4 shall have effect in relation to such certificate as of it were a certificate sent under sub-section (1) of section 3." [ Vide Uttar Pradesh Act 11 of 1965, s. 4] Uttar Pradesh After section 5 of the principal Act substituted above, the following shall be added as a new section, namely : " 5-A Certificate in respect of sums recoverable as arrears of revenue by either public officers or local authorities from defaulters being or having property outside Uttar Pradesh .—Where any sum is recoverable as an arrear of land revenue by any public officer other than a Collector or by any local authority, and the defaulter is or has property in a district outside Uttar Pradesh, the Collector of the district in which the office of that officer or authority is situate may on the request of the officer or authority send a certificate of the amount to be recovered to the Collector of the district where the defaulter is or has property under the foregoing provisions of this Act, as if the gum were payable to himself." [ Vide Uttar Pradesh Act 11 of 1965, s. 5] 5. Recovery by Collectors of sums recoverable as arrears of revenue by other public officers or by local authorities.— Where any sum is recoverable as an arrear ,of land-Revenue of any public officer other than a Collector or by local authority, the Collector of the district in which the office of that officer or authority is situate shall, on the request of the officer or authority, proceed to recover the sum as if it were an arrear of land-revenue which had accrued in his own district, and may send a certificate of the amount to be recovered to the Collector of another district under the foregoing provisions of this Act, as if the sum were payable to himself. STATE AMENDMENT Uttarakhand Amendment of section 5.— In section 5 of the principal Act, for sub-section (3) the following sub-sections shall be substituted, namely:- "(3) The Collector shall, on receipt of the certificate under sub-section (1), proceed to recover the amount stated therein, together with the costs of the recovery as if the amount stated in the certificate were payable to himself and such costs were also an arrear of land revenue. (3-a) The costs of the recovery under sub-section (3) shall be such as may be specified by the State Government by notification but the amount of such costs shall not exceed ten per cent of the amount stated in the certificate." [ Vide Uttarakhand Act 28 of 2013, s. 4] 1. Ins. by the A.O.1937. 2. Ins. by the India (Adaptation of Income-tax, Profits Tax and Revenue Recovery Acts) Order, 1941 (G.G.O. 31, dated the 10th December, 1947), (Gazette of India, 1947, Extraordinary, p. 1333). 3. Subs., ibid ., for "Burma". 4. Subs. by Act 33 of 1950, s. 2 and the Schedule for "a Part A State or a Part C State". Haryana Substitution of section 5 of Central Act 1 of 1890 .— For Section 5 of the Revenue Recovery Act, 1890, the following sections shall be substituted, namely :— "5. Recovery by Collectors of sums recoverable as arrears of revenue on the certificates of public officers and local authorities .—(1) Where any sum is recoverable as an arrear of land revenue by any public officer other than a Collector or by any local authority, such officer or authority may send to the Collector of the district in which the office of that officer or authority is situate or of any other district in the State of Haryana where the defaulter is or has property, a certificate in such form as may be prescribed by rules made in this behalf. " 5. Recovery by Collectors of sums recoverable as arrears of revenue on the certificates of public officers and local authorities .—(1) Where any sum is recoverable as an arrear of land revenue by any public officer other than a Collector or by any local authority, such officer or authority may sent to the Collector of the district in which the office of that district in which the office of that officer or authority is situate or of any other district in Uttar Pradesh where the defaulter is or has property, a certificate in such form as may be prescribed by rules made in this behalf.