(1) At any time after an arrear of land revenue has accrued a Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tehsildar may issue a warrant directing [any public servant] to arrest the defaulter and bring him before the Revenue Officer.
[(2) When the defaulter is brought before the Revenue Officer, the Revenue Officer may cause him to be taken before the Collector or may order that he be confined to Civil Jail or if no Civil Jail exists in his jurisdiction in the local Judicial lock-up, for a period not exceeding six days and then if the arrear is still unpaid cause him to be taken before Collector.]
(3) When the defaulter is brought before the [Collector,] the [Collector] may issue an order to the officer incharge of the civil jail of the district directing him to confine the defaulter in the jail for such period, not exceeding one month from the date of the order, as the [Collector] thinks fit. The [Collector] shall without delay report his order under this sub-section to the [Divisional Commissioner] for his information.
(4) If a Tehsildar keeps under detention, for a period exceeding 24 hours a defaulter arrested under sub-section (1), be shall without delay report this action for the information of the [Collector] and the [Collector] may take such action on the report as he thinks fit.
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(6) The process of arrest and detention shall not be executed against a defaulter who is a female, a minor, a lunatic or an idiot.
(7) So long as the defaulter is detained in jail under this section no other process for collection of [any sum recoverable as land revenue] due from him shall be enforced.
[(8) Every Police Officer shall help and afford assistance to the Revenue Officer in the exercise of his lawful authority.]