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(1) Where any amount is in arrear under Sec. 8, the authorised officer may issue to the Recovery Officer, a certificate under his signature specifying the amount of arrears and the Recovery Officer, on receipt of such certificate, shall proceed to recover the amount specified therein from the establishment or, as the case may be, the employer by one or more of the modes mentioned below: (a) Attachment and sale of the moveable or immoveable property of the establishment or, as the case may be, the employer-, (b) Arrest of the employer and his detention in prison; (c) Appointing a receiver for the management of the moveable or immoveable properties of the establishment or, as the case may be, the employer: PROVIDED that the attachment and sale of any property under this section shall first be effected against the properties of the establishment and where such attachment and sale is insufficient for recovering the whole of the amount of arrears specified in the certificate, the Recovery Officer may take such proceedings against the property of the employer for recovery of the whole or any part of the such arrears. (2) The authorised officer may issue a certificate under sub-section (1), notwithstanding that proceedings for recovery of the arrears by any other mode have been taken. Sections 8-B to 8-G ins. by Act 33 of 1988, Sec. 14 (w.e.f 1st July, 1990).