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(1) The Urban Immovable Property tax shall be leviable primarily on the actual occupier of the buildings or lands upon which the said tax is assessed, if he is the owner of the buildings or lands, or holds them on a building or other lease granted by or on behalf of Government, or on a building or other lease from any person or local authority. (2) In other cases the Urban Immovable Property tax shall be primarily leviable as follows:- (a) if the property is let, "upon the lessor; (b) if the property is sublet, upon the superior lessor; (c) if the property is unlet, upon the person in whom the, right to let vests. (3) On failure to recover any sum due on account of the Urban Immovable Property tax from the person primarily liable, there may be recovered from the occupier of any part of the buildings or lands in respect of which the tax is due such portion of the sum due as bears to the whole amount due the same ratio which the rent annually payable by such occupier bears to the aggregate amount of the annual letting value thereof. (4) An occupier who makes any payment for which he is not primarily liable under this section shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the person primarily liable for the payment and may deduct the amount so paid from the amount of any rent from time to time becoming due from him to such person. 52[26A. (1) If any premises assessed to Urban Immovable Property tax are let and their rateable value exceeds the amount of rent payable in respect thereof to the person from whom, under the provisions of sub-sections (1) to (4) of section 26, the said tax is leviable, the said persons shall be entitled to receive from his tenant the difference between the amount of the Urban Immovable Property tax levied from him, and the amount which would be leviable from him if the said tax were calculated on the amount of rent payable to him. (2) If the premises are sub-let and their rateable value exceeds the amount of rent payable in respect thereof to the tenant by his sub-tenant, or the amount of rent payable in respect thereof to a sub-tenant by the person holding under him, the said tenant shall be entitled to receive from his sub-tenant or the said sub-tenant shall be entitled to receive from the person holding under him, as the case may be, the difference between any sum recovered under sub-section (1) from such tenant or sub-tenant and the amount of Urban Immovable Property tax which would be leviable in respect of the said premises if the rateable value thereof were equal to the difference between the amount of rent which such tenant or sub-tenant receives and the amount of rent which he pays. (3) Any person entitled to receive any sum under sub-sections (1) and (2) shall have, for the recovery thereof the same rights and remedies as if such sum were rent payable to him by the person from whom he is entitled to receive the same.]