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'I he price or any food-~rain~ purchased from a cultivator or a tecciver of rent mcnt of in kind by the Provincial Government either through its officers or through agents pri~c of food- appointed for the purpose, as well as of any food-grains requisitioned from such persons ~ri~:i ~~r- by the Provincial Gdovcrn_ment under banydprbovisiond~f 1 thc 1 Dde.fcbncc o 1 ~ India Rules, requisiLioned shall, where the foo -grams arc encum ere y any ac an lC 1s urscc m the follow- by Govern- ing manner: - meot. (a) Unc-half of the price shall, upon delivery of the food-grains, be paid to the cultivator or the receiver of rent in kin<l from whom it is purchased or requisilionecl. (b) Out of the remaining half of the price, all persons who have any claim against th<" cultivator or the receiver of rent in kind on account ol'any dadan shall be reimhursrd to the t•xtent ol' tlie amount advanced, and, where the surplus is not suffi- cient for the put pos<· of such n·imburscment, it shall be rateably d istributed amongst the claimants ii more than one in numbc-1 : · Provided ~hat no pot tion of the surplus. ~halJ b.e pa!d to any pc·:son who, being liable to furn1-;h a statement under the proVlstons of secuon 4 or scct10n 5, has failed to furnish such statement. (c) The balance, if any, after all such disbursenwnts shall hr pnid to the cultivator or rt>reivcr of rent in kind from whom the food-grains are purchased or requisitioned. Board\ of