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Marginal heading substituted by Act No. XIX of 1981, s.23. 10 PASSENGERS TAXATION ACT, 1963 the Commissioner that the tax is due from an owner of a motor vehicle and he has not paid the same within the time allowed to him in this behalf, a notice shall be issued to him in the manner considered feasible by that officer to appear and to show cause why the tax may not be realised from him. (3) If he appears and satisfies the officer that he had paid the tax, the proceedings will be dropped. But if he does not appear or does not show cause to the satisfaction of that officer that such tax had been paid, the officer may direct that until the tax is paid, the vehicle in respect of which the tax is due shall not ply . 1[A copy of such order shall be forwarded to the 2[Registering authority] as defined in 3[Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Central Act 59 of 1988)] and the said authority shall, notwithstanding anything contained in 3[Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Central Act 59 of 1988)] suspend the permit whereby the vehicle is allowed to ply for the period during which the owner is in default in making the payment of tax or any other amount payable under this Act.] (4) An order passed ex-parte may be set aside by the officer on sufficient cause being shown in that behalf 4[within thirty days from the receipt of appli- cation requesting to set aside the order] and after such order has been set aside the proceedings may start before the officer from the stage at which the ex-parte proceedings were taken. (5) The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, Svt. 1977, shall apply mutatis mutandis to the proceedings in respect of service of processes on the assessee and the 5[Assessing authority] and the officers specially empowered by the Commissioner under sub-section (2) shall have the powers of a Civil Court in respect of the summoning of witnesses and the production of documents. 6[12-A. Interest on delay in payment of tax etc.—If any amount of tax, penalty or any other sum payable under this Act, except the amount payable under this section, is not paid within the time prescribed or specified in the notice of demand, as the case may be, the person who is in default shall in addition to such tax, penalty or any other sum, pay interest at 2% per month for each month of default. Explanation 1.—Interest shall be charged for full month and not for a part thereof.