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State of Kerala - Section

Section 19 in Kerala Revenue Recovery Act, 1968

19. Attachment of debt, shares etc.

(1)In the case of -• a debt not secured by a negotiable instrument ; or• a share in a corporation ; or• other movable property not in the possession of the defaulter except property deposited in, or in the custody of, any court, the attachment shall be made by a written order of the Collector or the authorised officer prohibiting • in the case of the debt, the creditor from recovering the debt and the debtor from making payment thereof until the further order of the Collector or the authorised officer, as the case may be;• in the case of the share, the person in whose name the share may be standing from transferring the same or receiving any dividend thereon;• in the case of the other movable property (except as aforesaid), the person in possession of the same from giving it over to the defaulter.
(2)A copy of such order shall be affixed on some conspicuous part of the office of the Collector or the authorised officer, as the case may be, and another copy shall be send, in the case of the debt, to the debtor; in the case of the share, to the proper officer of the corporation; and in the case of the other movable pro0perty (except as aforesaid), to the person in possession of the same.
(3)A debtor prohibited under clause (i) of sub-section (1) may pay the amount of his debt to the Collector or the authorised officer, as the case may be, and such payment shall discharge him as effectually as payment to the party entitled to receive the same.