(1) Unless otherwise provided by this Act, all sums duefrom a society 0r 5mm an officer or member or past member or a,deceased member of a society as such to the Government, may herecovered according to the law and unéer the rules for the time beingin force for the recoVery of arrears of land revenue.
(2) Sums due from a. society to the Government and recoverableunder the foregoing subsection may he recovered, firstly from theproperty of the sxmiety, Secondly in the case of a society of" Which theliability of the members is limited, from the members or past membersor the estate of deceased members subject to the limit of their liabitity,and thirdly, in the 0335 of Societies with unlimitefl liability, from themembers or past members or estate of deceased members.
(3) The liability of past members or estate of deceased members;shah in MI cases be subject to the provision of section 33