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18[Mode of Recovery].— (1) An amount payable under the provisions of section 8 of this Act to be deposited with the Government, if not deposited by an employer, the same shall be recovered by the competent authority, from such employer as arrears of land revenue alongwith additional amount equivalent to the amount payable. (2) Any amount which has not been so deposited as required under the provisions of this Act, shall be recovered upon issuance of recovery certificate to be issued by the Commissioner or such other Officer notified to be a Commissioner under section 2(d) of this Act. (3) 19[If a contractor engaging any workman fails to make a deposit within the prescribed period or makes short payments, then the principle employer shall be liable to deposit such amount in the Government treasury in full or the unpaid balance, as the case may be, and shall be entitled to recover the amount from the said contractor, either by deductions from any amount payable to the contractor under any contract or as a debt payable by the contractor.] 20[12. Penalty.— An employer who engages any workman without his possessing an identity card, for a wage period exceeding one such wages period shall constitute an offence under this Act punishable with a fine which may extend to rupees five thousand.