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(1) All arrears of land revenue, cesses, taxes and other impositions by the State relating to any period Land revenue, prior to the date of vesting lawfully recoverable from any intermediary in respect of 4[his share in] any Cesses, taxes and estate which vests in the State under section 5 shall , after the date of vesting, continue to be recoverable Impositions due from such intermediary, and shall, without prejudice to any other mode of recovery, be recoverable under From any inte- an order of a Collector by deduction of the amount of such arrears from the money 5 [which such inte - Rmediary. Rmediaty is entitled to receive as compensation ] under this Act : 6 Provided that where the intermediary agrees in writing that the whole of the compensation money pay- able to him including the amount recovered by the State government under the provisions of section 9, if any, amy be adjusted against the arrears recoverable from the intermediary undr this sub-section, no other mode of recovery shall be adopted for the recovery of any such arrears, except the balance, if any, remaining due after such adjustment, and suits and proceedings, if any, pending for the recovery of any scuh arrears shall remain stayed until such adjustment has been made. 1Sub-section (4) and (5) were inserted with retrospective effect by s. 4(b) of the West Bengal estates Acquisiton (Second Amendment) Act, 1957 (West Ben. Act XXV of 1957). 2These words within the suare brackets were inserted by s. 3(3) of the West Bengal estates Acquisition (Amendment )_Act, 1963 (West Ben. Act. XXII of 1963.) 3Section 7 was substituted with retrospective effect for the original section by s. 4 of the West Bengal Estates Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 1955 (West Ben. Act XXXV of 1955). 4These words within the square brackets were inserted with retrospective effect by s. 5 of the West Bengal estates Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 1961 (West Ben act IC of 1961). 5 These words within the square brackets substituted with retrospective effect for the words “payable as compensation to scuh intermediary” by s. 3 of the West Bengal estates Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 1964 (West Ben. Act XXII of 1964). 6This proviso was substituted for the original proviso s.2 of the West Bengal estates Acquisition ( ( Second Amendment) Act, 1973 (West Ben. Act XXXIII of 9173). 20 Page. …..16. (Chapter II. Acquisition of estates and of the rights of intermediaries therein.—Sections 8,9.) (2) In computing the period of limitation for the institution of any suit or proceeding for the recovery of any arrears referred to in sub- section (1), the time taken for adjustment of the arrears in accordance with the proviso to sub-section(1) shall be excluded. rears of rent due