Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) The attachment shall be effected by affixing a notice thereof to some conspicuous part of the immovable property to be attached and by serving a copy on the defaulter. The notice of attachment shall also be published. The notice shall specify the name of the defaulter, the amount of arrear of public revenue due on land, the interest thereon, the date on which such arrear became due and such other particulars as may be prescribed, and shall set forth that unless the arrear with the interest thereon and the cost of process be paid within the date therein mentioned, the immovable property concerned will be brought to sale in due course of law. (2) The attachment of any immovable property shall become effective from the date on which the notice under sub-section (1) was affixed on the property. [(3) The defaulter may request the Collector to limit the attachment to a portion of the immovable property attached, if it is found that the total amount of the fair value and the value of the improvements in it exceeds the arrear amount. On receiving such application the Collector may limit the attachment to a portion of such property if he is satisfied that the arrear can be collected by selling such position of the property. Explanation:-- For the purpose of this sub-section, fair value means fair value fixed under the Kerala Stamp Act, 1959 (17 of 1959).] Inserted by Act 17 of 2024 No. 32/Leg.B2/2024/Law. published in K.G.Ext. No. 2415 dt. 26/07/2024 (w.e.f. 26/07/2024).