Kerala Revenue Recovery Act and Rules

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Description
Kerala Revenue Recovery Act, 1968 is aimed at recovering amounts due to the Government and Statutory Bodies, Corporation and other notified Agencies. Provisions of the Revenue Recovery Act are made applicable to any institutions by way of notification published by the Government under Section 71 of the Act. Before the formation of the State of Kerala. The Travancore-Cochin Revenue Recovery Act, 1951, The Madras Revenue Recovery Act, 1864 and the Madras Rent and Revenue Sales Act, 1839 were in force in the Travancore- Cochin area and the Malabar area respectively. It was for enacting a uniform law for recovery of arrears of public revenue in the State of Kerala that the Bill was introduced. It received the assent of the Governor on 22/05/1968 and came into force on 15/12/1968.
Even though the District Collector or the Collector of the District is commonly referred to as 'the Collector' under the Revenue Recovery Act, as per Section 2(c) of the Act, any other authorised officer appointed by the Government can exercise the powers and functions of the Collector under the Act (See SRO 286/70). However under Section 2(f), District Collector has been defined as the Chief Officer in charge of the revenue administration of a district. Hence wherever the word collector is used, it need not be the District Collector. It is to be further noted that District Collector alone can exercise the powers and functions under Section 43 (attachment and assumption of management of business), under Section 65 and 66, arrest in case of wilful and fraudulent non-payment of arrears and procedure in case of arrest under Section 69 and for issue of Revenue Recovery Certificate.
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Contents
The Kerala Revenue Recovery Act, 1968
Chapter 1.    Preliminary
Chapter 2.    Attachment and Sale of Movable Property
Chapter 3.    Procedure for Attachment and Sale of Immovable Property
Chapter 4.    Miscellaneous
The Kerala Revenue Recovery Rules, 1968
Rules 1 - 5
Circular
Index
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Author Details
George Johnson : M.A., LL.M (Advocate, High Court of Kerala, Editor, Kerala High Court Cases and Kerala Law Decision)
Dominic Johnson : LL.B (Advocate, High Court of Kerala)