Section 78 in The Bengal Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913
78. Subsistence allowance. - (1) When a certificate has been signed either in accordance with the provisions of Section 4, or on a requisition made under Section 5, no certificate debtor shall be arrested in execution of the certificate unless and until the certificate holder pays into Court such sum as the certificate holder thinks sufficient for the subsistence of the certificate debtor from the time of his arrest until he can be brought before the Certificate Officer.
(2)When a certificate debtor is committed to the civil prison in execution of a certificate the Certificate Officer shall fix for his subsistence such monthly allowance as he may be entitled to according to the scale fixed by the State Government for the subsistence of arrested judgement debtors, or where no such scale has been fixed, as the Certificate Officer considers sufficient with reference to the class to which the certificate debtor belongs.(3)The monthly allowance fixed, by the Certificate Officer shall be supplied by the person upon whose requisition the certificate was signed by monthly payments in advance before the first day of each month.(4)The first payment shall be made to the Certificate Officer for such portion of the current month as remains unexpired before the certificate debtor is committed to the civil prison; and the subsequent payments (if any) shall be made to the officer-in-charge of the civil prison.(5)Sums disbursed by the certificate holder for the subsistence of the certificate debtor in the civil prison shall be deemed to be costs in the proceedings:Provided that the certificate debtor shall not be detained in the civil prison or arrested on account of any sum so disbursed.Supplemental
