West Pakistan Land Revenue Act, 1967 — section 113

113. Recovery of certain arrears through Revenue Officers instead of by suit. When a Village Officer required by rules under section 36 to collect any land-revenue or sum recoverable as an arrear of land-revenue

(a)satisfies a Revenue Officer that the revenue or the sum has fallen due and has not been paid to him, or

(b)has collected such revenue or sum, but has not credited the same to Government in the manner provided in the rules, the Revenue Officer may, subject to rules which the Board of Revenue may make in this behalf, recover such revenue or sum, from the person from whom it is due, or the Village Officer by whom it was collected, as the case may be, as arrears of land-revenue.