(1) On the publi~ cation of a not1fication under section 18, the Collector the• ein spec1fied may, at any time, with the previous sanction of the Government, publish in the Gazette a notice in English anti in Malayalam or in such regional language as he may consider necessary calling upon all pe•sonc;
havmg pecuniary claims, whether immet!intely enf01ceable or not against the ward or his property, to not1fy tlte same in WI iting to the Collector withm six months from the date of such notiflc.Ltion.
(2) The nottce shall also be publishetl nt such places .md in ~uch other manner as the coUlt may, by general or special or.ler, direct and shall be sent by reg1stered post to every person who i~ known to the Collector as having a pecumary claim against the ward or his property and of whose address the Collectot· is credibly informed.
(3) The Government may at any stage of the p oceed mgs under this section and sections 3 7 and 39 invest any person either by name or by virtue of his office with the powers of a Collector for any or all of the purposes of these Sf'ctions.
E>.p!anatzo1z.-A claim shall be deemed to be pecuniary for the purposes of this section and sect1ons 37 and 40 notwithstanding that a suit for its enforcement or a re'e•ence of such claim to arlntration is pending or that a decree or award has been passed establislung 1 he same.