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ln the prlncipaL Act, lor sectlon 37, lhe lollowlng shall be substituted, namelY:- "37. Manner of realization of water charges, fees or fines {1) The competenl authorlty may by notice require the owneT or occupier of the premises to pay wthin 15 (iifteen) days irom the dale of recelpi ol notlce the charges, fees or fines on account due and recoverable lror sJc^ owrer o'occup'er. (2) lf any notice, order or requisition has been issued to any person in respect o{ property of whlch he is the owner, lhe authority or officer at whose instance such notice, order or requisltions has been issued, may require ihe occupier, receiver, trustee or agent of such property or gf any part thereof pay to him, lnsiead oi ihe o*n"r, any rent payable by him !n respect of such property, as it falls due up to the amount recoverable Jrom the owner; Provided that if the occupler reiuses to disclose the correct amount of the rent payable by him or the name or address oi the person to whom lt is payable, the authorjty or officer may recover ilom the occupler the whole amount recoverable, as an arrear oi charges payable under this Act. (3) Nolwithstanding any contraci between the owner and the occupier, any amount recovered from an occuplel instead oi from an owner under sub-section (2), shall be deemed to have been rent paid by the occupier to the owner. The certificate ol receipt, indlcating such an arnouni, issued by the competent althorlty shall be iinal and conclusive proof oi payment in this regard. (4) Whenever the owner of any land or buiLding fails to execute any work which he is required to execute under thls Act or any rule made there Llnder, the occupier, if any, oi such land or building may, with the approval oi the Department, execute the said work and he shall, notwithstanding any contract between the ownel and the occupier, be entitled to recover ilom the owner the reasonable expenses incurred by him in the execution oi the work and may deduct the amount thereof from the rent payable by hi'n to the owner. (5) Where any person, by reason ol his receiving rent to irnmovab e properly as a receiver, agent to trustee or ii his being, as a receiveT, agent or trustee, the person who would receive the rent if the property were let to tenant, would under this Act or any rule made there under, be bound to dlscharge any obligation imposed on the owner oi the property ior the discharge oi which -21 =rfg lnsertion of new section money s requlred, he shall not be bound to discharge the ob igat on unless he has, or but lor his own in'rproper act or defau t mighi have had, funds in hls hands belonging to the owner suflicient ior the purpose. (6) The burden of proving any fact entitLing a receiver, aqenl or trustee to relief under sub-section {5) shall lie upon hlm. (7) Where any receiver, agent or trustee has claimed and establ shed his right 1o relief under this section, the Depariment may by notice in wrlting require hlm, to apply to the discharge of his obllgation as aforesaid the flrst money which may come io his hands on behall or for the use of the owner and on fallure to conply with notice, he shall be deemed to be personally liable to discharge the obligation. (8) Any person who has been convicted of an offence against this Act or any rule made there under shall, notwithstanding any punishment to which he may have been sentenced for the said offence, be liable to pay such compensation for any damage to ihe property ol the Department resulting from the said oflence as the Department may consider reasonable. (9) Save as the certificate issued under section 16, section 21, and section 27, in the event ot a dlspute regardlng the amount of reasonab e compensation, payable under sub-section (B) such amounl shall, on application made to him be determlned by the Magistrate before whom the said person was convicted of the offencei and on non-payment of the amount of corrpensation so determined the same shall be recovered under a warrant irom the sald N.4agistrate as if ii were a iine imposed by him on the person liable therefor and remit It to the competent authority. (10) Where the owner or occupier of the premlses fails to pay the amount due from hlm within the period specified in the notice issued under sub-sections (1), (2) and (7), the compeient authority may, without prejudlce to any other mode o{ recovery, prepare a certiilcate indicating the amount due irom such owner or occupier and send the same to the Judicial Maglslrate oi the First Class of lhe area ln which the premises or land is sltuated. (11) The JLrdicial Magistrate to whom the certificate is sent shall realize the amount specllled in such certificate as iI lt were a line imposed by such l\lagjstrate and remit the same to the competent authority". ln ihe prlncipal Act, after section 37, the followlng section shall be inseded, namely:- 374