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(1) The Collector may require the lambardar or any other person engaged to collect the land revenue, or any tax in lieu thereof, to collect any sums payable under this Act by a third party in respect of any land or water in such estate and to pay it to the State Government in the manner prescribed. (2) Such sum shall be recoverable as if they were arrears of land revenue due in respect of the defaulter’s share in such estates; and for the purpose of collecting such sum from the persons liable to pay the same, such Lambardar or person may exercise the power laid down in the law for the time being in force in respect of the collection by him of the rents of land or of shares of land revenue or any tax in lieu thereof. (3) The State Government may prescribe— (a) for remunerating the persons collecting sums under this section; and (b) for indemnifying them against expenses properly incurred by them in such collection.