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Prior claim of society. - Subject to claim of the Government in respect of land revenue or any money recoverable as land revenue or as a public demand or any claim of landlord in respect of rent or any money recoverable as rent, any debt or outstanding demand due to a registered society from any member, past member, or the estate of deceased member, shall be a first charge- (a) if the demand is due in respect of the supply of or any loan granted for the purchase of seed or manure upon the crops or other agricultural produce of such member or past member or belonging to the estate of such deceased member, at any time within two years from the date on which the last instalment of such supply or loan shall become re-payable. (b) if the demand is due in respect of the supply of, or any loan granted for the purchase of, cattle, fodder for cattle, agriculture or industrial implements or machinery or raw materials for 10/46 manufacture upon cattle or thing so supplied, or purchased, the whole or any part from any such loan or upon any articles manufactured from raw materials so supplied or purchased. [23A. Application of Section 23 to non-members. - Any debt to outstanding demand due to a registered society, authorised under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of Section 16, from any non-member or estate of a deceased non-member, shall be a first charge on the property of the non-member or belonging to the deceased nonmember to the same extent and subject to the same claims, conditions and restrictions as debt or outstanding demand due to a registered society from any member or the estate of a deceased member is under Section 23, a first charge on the property of the member or belonging to the estate of the deceased member.]