Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Every person shall be liable for the loss, waste or misapplication of any money or other property owned by and vested in the Municipality if such loss, waste or misapplication is a direct consequence of his neglect or misconduct in the performance of his duty and he may after being given opportunity by a notice served in the manner provided for the service of summons in the Code of Civil Procedure 1908 (5 of 1908) to show caused by a representation in writing or oral, why he should not be required to make good the loss by order be surcharged with the value of such property or the amount of such money by the Director of Local Bodies and if the amount is not paid within one month of the expiry of the period of appeal specified in sub-section (2) it shall be recoverable as an arrear of tax liveable under this Act. (2) The person against whom an order under subsection (1) is made may within thirty days of the date of communications of the order, appeal to the State Government and the State Government may confirm, modify or disallow the surcharge : Provided that no person shall under this section be called upon to show cause after the expiry of a period of four years or in the case of a Councillor after period of one year from the occurrence of such loss or waste or misapplication.