Section 39 in The Bengal Public Demands Recovery Act, 1913
39. Power of Board of Revenue to make rules as to procedure.
(1)The Commissioner may, after previous publication and with the previous sanction of the State Government, make rules regulating the procedure to be followed by person making requisitions under Section 5 and by Collector and Certificates Officer acting under this Act, and may by such rules, alter add, to or annul any of the rules in Schedule II.(2)Such rules shall not be inconsistent with the provisions in the body of this Act, subject thereto, may in particular and without prejudice to the generality of the power conferred by sub-section (1) provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:(a)the signature and verification or requisitions made under Section 5;(b)the Certificate Officers to whom such requisitions should be addressed;(c)the case in which such requisitions shall not be chargeable with a fee;(d)the service of notices issued under Section 7, the service of other notices or processes issued under this Act, and the manner in which service may be proved;(e)the signing and verification of petitions under Section 9 deriving liability;(f)the transfer of such petitions to other officers for disposal;(g)the scale of charges to be recovered under Section 16, Clause (c);(h)the maintenance and custody while under attachment of live stock and other movable property, the fees to be charged for such maintenance and custody, the sale of such live-stock and property, and the disposal of the proceeds of such sale;(i)the registers, books and accounts to be kept by Certificate Officers and the inspection thereof by the public;(j)the fees to be charged for the inspection of the register of certificates maintained under Rule 59 in Schedule II;(k)the recovery of expenditure on the certificate establishment by the levy of costs under Section 16, Clause (b) and Section 45;(l)the recovery of poundage fees; and(m)the forms to be used under this Act.
