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An arrear of land revenue payable to Government may be recovered by the Tehsildar in the prescribed manner by any one or more of the following process, namely :- (a) by attachment and sale of movable property belonging to the defaulter; (b) by attachment of the holding in respect of which the arrear is due and the sale of the interest of the defaulter therein and where such holding consists of more than one survey number or plot number by such sale in one or more of such survey numbers or plot numbers as may be considered necessary to recover the arrear; (c) by attachment and sale of the interest of the defaulter in any other immovable property : Provided that the process specified in clauses (a) and (c) shall not permit the attachment and sale of the following, namely :- (i) the necessary wearing-apparel, cooking, vessels, beds and bedding of the defaulter, his wife and children, and such personal ornaments as, in accordance with religious usage, cannot be parted with by any woman; (ii) tools of artisans and, if the defaulter is an agriculturist his implements of husbandry, except any implements driven by mechanical power and such cattle and seed as may, in the opinion of the Tehsildar, be necessary to enable him to earn his livelihood as such; (iii) article set aside exclusively for the use of religious endowments; (iv) houses and other buildings (with the materials and the sites thereof and the land immediately appurtenant thereto and necessary for their enjoyment) belonging to an agriculturist and occupied by him.