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Substituted by Assam Act I of 1943 for "raiya ts” . 53 _X (3) When any such application has been allowed, the landlord may make a requisition in writing, in the form prescribed to such Revenue officer as the [State G overnment] 1 mav appoint, for the purpose of this section, to perform the functions of a Certificate ' ?T e T n®p' officer u nder the Bengal Public Dem ands Recovery ° • Act, 1913, for the recovery of any arrears of rent which he alleges are due to him from any such [te nants] 8. (4) Every such requisition shall be signed and verified by the landlord making it, in the manner provided by rule 1 in Schedule II of the said Act, as amended for the time being by rules made under section 39 thereof, and shall be chargeable with a fee of the amount which would be payable un der the Court- v VII of 1870. Fe e s Act, 1870, in respect of a plain t for the recovery of a sum of money equal to that stated in the requisi tion as being due. * (5J On receipt of such requisition, the said Revenue officer m ay, in accordance, with such rules as the [State Government]1 may make in this behalf, and if he is satisfi- d that the arrear is due, sign a certificate, in the prescribed form, stating that the arrear is due ; and shall include in the certificate the fee paid under sub-section (4), and shall Cause the certificate to be filed in his office: Provided that— («) no certificate shall be signed for the recovery of arrears of rent of a tenancy regarding which an application has been made to a Revenue Court for the alteration of the ren t payable by the ten ant in respect of the period during which it is alleged in the requisition made under sub section (3) that the arrears of rent sought to be recovered have accrued ; and - (6) if, after the signing of a certificate, it is found that such an application was made in a Revenue Court before the certificate was signed, such certificate shall be * cancelled.