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CHAPTER XVI
Income Tax Recovery Rules
Part-I
122. Definitions.- For the purposes of rules, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-
(a) "Tax Recovery" means recovery of debt due to the Federal Government under the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001;
(b) "defaulter" means the tax payer mentioned in the notice;
(c) "execution", in relation to a Notice, means steps taken for the recovery of arrears under these rules;
(d) "officer" means a person authorized by the commissioner to execute an order of attachment or sale under these rules; and
(e) "share in a corporation" includes stock, debenture stock, - debentures or bonds.
(f) for the purpose of this Chapter, “Commissioner” means Commissioner of Income Tax as defined under clause 13 of section 2 and includes any taxation officer delegated powers by the Commissioner to act, exercise powers and functions under this Chapter, in respect of a taxpayer(s) by general or specific orders, or under scheme of enforcement in the tax recovery matters designed by the CBR.
123. Form of notice of recovery to be issued by Commissioner.- (1) The notice required to be served upon the assessee under sub section (2) of section 138 shall be in the following form, namely:-
NOTICE UNDER SECTION 138(2) OF THE INCOME TAX ORDINANCE, 2001.
Commissioner________
Dated ____________
To
M/s
National Tax Number _______________________
Whereas it is established that the sum of Rs. _______ which is due from you on account of tax as per details given in the schedule below, is in arrear, you are, hereby, required to pay these arrears of tax by _______ and produce necessary evidence to that effect before me at my office On _________ failing which proceedings may be initiated under these rules to recover the said amount by one or more of the following modes, namely:-
(a) attachment and sale of moveable or immovable property;
(b) appointment of receiver for the management of your moveable or immovable property;
(c) your arrest and detention in person for a period not exceeding six months.
I, in exercise of the powers vested in me under the Income Tax Rules framed under section 138 of the Income Tax Ordinance, I hereby further direct that you shall not sell, mortgage, charge, issue or otherwise deal with any property belonging to except with my permission to that effect in writing,
Commissioner
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124. Mode of service of notice.- The notice referred to in rule 123 and other notices under rules contained in this part shall be served as provided in section 218 of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001.
125. Time limit for execution of the notice.- No step in execution of the notice referred to in rule 123 shall be taken until the period specified in the said notice has elapsed since the date of service of the notice.
Provided that if the Commissioner is satisfied that the defaulter is to cancel, remove or dispose of the whole or any part of such of his moveable property as would be liable to attachment in execution of a notice that the realization of the amount of Notice would in consequence be delayed or obstructed, he may at any time after the issue of the notice under rule direct, for reasons to be recorded in writing, an attachment of the whole or part of such property:
Provided further that if the defaulter whose property has been so attached furnishes security to the satisfaction of the Commissioner, such attachment shall be cancelled from the date on which such security is accepted by the Commissioner.
126 Disposal of proceeds of execution.- Whenever assets are realized, by sale or otherwise in execution of a Notice, they shall be disposed of in the following manner, namely:-
(a) there shall be paid to the Commissioner the amount due under the certificate in execution of which the assets were realized ;and
(b) the balance, if any, shall be paid to the defaulter.
127. Determination of disputes.- Except as otherwise expressly provided in these rules, every question arising between the Commissioner and the defaulter or their representatives, relating to the execution, discharge or satisfaction of a Certificate duly filed under these rules, or relating to confirmation or setting aside by an order under these rules of a sale held in execution of such Certificate, shall be determined by order of the Commissioner before whom such question arise.
128. Exemption from attachment.- The following shall not be liable to attachment and sale under these rules, namely:-
(a) the necessary wearing apparel, cooking vessels, beds and bedding of the defaulter, his wife and children, and such personal ornaments, as, in accordance with religious usage, cannot be parted with by any women;
(b) tools of artisans, and, where the defaulter is an agriculturist, his implements of husbandry and such cattle and seed grain as may, in the opinion of the Commissioner, be necessary to enable him to earn his livelihood as such;
(c) houses and other buildings (with the materials and the sites thereof and the land immediately appurtenant thereto and necessary for their enjoyment) belonging to an agriculturist and occupied by him;
(d) books of account;
(e) a mere right to sue for damages;
(f) any right of personal service ;
(g) stipends and gratuities allowed to a pensioner of the Government, or payable out of any service family pension fund notified in official Gazette by the Federal Government or the Provincial Government in this behalf, and political pensions;
(h) the wages of labourers and domestic servants, whether payable in money or in kind;
(i) salary to the extent of the first hundred rupees and one half of the remainder:
Provided that where such salary is the salary of the servant of Government or servant of a railway or local authority, and III whole or any part of the portion of such salary liable attachment has been under attachment, whether continuously intermittently for a total period of twenty four months, portion shall be exempt from attachment until the expiry of further period of twelve months and, where such attachment been made in execution of one and the same certificate, shall be finally exempt from attachment in execution of that notice;
(j) the pay and allowances of persons to whom the Pakistan Act, 1952 (XXXIX of 1952), applies, or of persons other than Commissioned Officers to whom the Pakistan Navy Ordinance 1961 (XXXV of 1961), applies;
(k) all compulsory deposits and other sums in or derived from fund to which the Provident Funds Act, 1925 (XIX of 1925), the time being applies in so far as they are declared by the , Act not to be liable to attachment;
(l) any allowance forming part of the emoluments of any servant of Government or of any servant of a railway or local authority which the appropriate Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, declare to be exempt from attachment, and any subsistence grant or allowance made to any such servant while under suspension.
(m) any expectancy of succession by survivorship or other me contingent or possible right or interest; and
(n) a right to future maintenance.
Explanation 1.- The particulars mentioned in clause (g), (h), (i),(j) and (l) are exempt from attachment or sale whether before or they are actually payable, and in the case of salary other t salary of a servant of the Government or a servant of railway local authority the attachable portion thereof is exempt from attachment until it is actually payable.
Explanation 2.-ln clauses (h) and (i), "Wages" or "salary" means thetotA1 monthly emoluments, excluding any allowance declared exempt from attachment under the provisions of clause (I), derived by a person from his employment whether on duty or on leave.
Explanation 3.-ln clause (I), "appropriate Government" means.
(i) as respects any person in the service of the Federal Government, or any servant of Railway Board, a cantonment! authority or of the port authority or a major port, the Federal Government; and
(ii) as respect any person in the service of a Provincial Government or a servant of any local authority, the Provincial Government.
129. Investigation by Commissioner.-(I) Where any claim is preferred to, or any objection is made to the attachment or sale of, any property in execution of a Certificate on the ground that such property is not liable to such attachment or sale, the Commissioner shall proceed to investigate the claim or objection:
Provided that no such investigation shall be made when the Commissioner considers that the claim or objection was designedly or unnecessarily delayed.
(2) Where the property to which the claim or objection relates has been advertised for sale, the Commissioner ordering the sale may postpone it during the investigation of the claim or objection, upon such terms as to security or otherwise as the Commissioner may deem fit.
(3) The claimant or objector shall adduce evidence to show that at the date on which the Notice was originally issued by the Commissioner for the recovery of the arrears, he had some interest in, or was possessed of the property in question.
(4) Where, upon the said investigation, the Commissioner is satisfied that, for the reason stated in the claim or objection, such property was at the said date in the possession of the defaulter or of some person in trust for him or in the occupancy of a tenant or other person paying rent to him, or being in the possession of the defaulter at the said date, it was so in his possession, not on his own account or as his own property, but on account of or in trust for some other person, the Commissioner shall make an order releasing the property, wholly or to such extent as it was not it in possession of the defaulter on his own account, from attachment or sale.
(5) Where the Commissioner is satisfied that the property was, at that date, in the possession of the defaulter as his own property and not on account of any other person, or was in possession of some other person in trust for him or in the occupancy of a tenant or other person paying rent to him, the Commissioner shall disallow the claim.
130. Removal of attachment on satisfaction or cancellation of Certificate.- Where the amount due is paid to the Commissioner shall be deemed to be withdrawn and, in case of immovable property, the withdrawal shall, if the defaulter so desired, be proclaimed at his expense, and a copy of the proclamation shall be affixed in manner provided by these rules for a proclamation of sale of immovable property.
131. Officer entitled to attach and sell.- The attachment and sale of immovable property may be made by such officer as the Commissioner may from time to time direct.
132. Adjournment or stoppage of sale.- (I) The Commissioner may adjourn sale hereunder to a specified day and hour; and the officer conducting any such sale may adjourn the sale, recording his reasons for such adjournment:
Provided that, where the sale is made in or within the precincts of the office Commissioner of Income Tax, the officer shall not adjourn the sale without the of the Commissioner .
(2) Where a sale of immovable property is adjourned under sub-rule (1) for a longer period than one calendar month, a fresh proclamation of sale under rules shall be made unless the defaulter consents to waive it.
(3) Every sale shall be stopped if, before the lot is knocked down, the amount tendered to the officer conducting the sale, or proof is given to his satisfaction e amount has been paid to the Commissioner who ordered the sale.
133. Defaulter not to mortgage, etc., any property..-Where a notice has been served on a defaulter under rule 123 the defaulter or his representative in interest shall not sell, mortgage, charge, lease or otherwise deal with any property belonging to him except with the permission of the Commissioner.
134. Prohibition against biding or purchase by officer.-No officer or other person having any duty to perform in connection with any sale under these rules shall, either directly or indirectly, bid for, acquire or attempt to acquire any interest in the property sold.
135. Assistance by police.- Any officer authorized to attach or sell any property or to arrest the defaulter or charged with any duty to be performed under these rules, may apply to the officer-in-charge of the nearest police station for such assistance as may be necessary in the discharge of his duties.
136. Person authorized to act, etc.- (l) The Commissioner may authorize any person to execute an order of attachment or sale under the rules in this part and in Part III and, where he does not so authorize any person references, in the said rules to "officer", so far as may be, be construed . references to the Commissioner.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in these rules, when any movable property is to be attached, the officer shall be furnished by the Commissioner with a warrant in writing and signed with his name specifying the name' of the defaulter and the amount to be realized.
137. Service of copy of warrant.- The officer shall cause a copy of the warrant to be served on the defaulter.
138. Attachment.- If, after service of the copy of warrant, the amount is not paid forthwith, the officer shall proceed to attach the movable property of the defaulter.
Provided that the standing crops of the agricultural produce lying in the field stored in or near the dwelling house of the defaulter or stored on the land owned or cultivated by the defaulter, which represents the agricultural produce of the land owned, leased or cultivated by the defaulter, shall not be attached.
139. Property in defaulter's possession.- Where the property to be attached is movable property in the possession of the defaulter, the attachment shall be made by actual seizure and the officer shall keep the property in his own custody or in the custody of one of his subordinates and shall be responsible for due custody thereof.
Provided that when the property seized is subject to speedy and natural decay or when the expense of keeping it in custody is likely to exceed its value, the officer may sell it at once.
140. Debts and shares, etc.- (l) In the case of-
a) a debt not secured by a negotiable instrument,
b) a share in a corporation, or
c) 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, prohibiting,-
i) in the case of the debt, the creditor from recovering the debt and the debtor from making payment thereof until the further order or the Commissioner;
ii) 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; and
iii) in the case of 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 Commissioner, and another copy shall be sent, in the case of the debt, to the debtor, in the case of the share in a corporation, to the proper officer of the corporation and in the case of other movable property (except as aforesaid), to the person in possession of the same.
(3) A debtor prohibited under clause (i) of sub-rule (1) shall, on receipt of order of the Commissioner, pay the amount of his debt to the Commissioner, and such payment shall discharge him as effectually as payment to the party entitled to receive the same.
(4) Where the execution of a document or the endorsement of the defaulter in whose name a negotiable instrument or a share 'in a corporation is standing is required to transfer such negotiable instrument or share, the Commissioner 'such other officer as he may authorize in this behalf may execute such document or make such endorsement as may be necessary, and such execution or endorsement have the effect as an execution or endorsement by the defaulter.
(5) Until the transfer of such negotiable instrument or share, the Commissioner or any other officer authorized by him in this behalf may receive any interest or dividend due thereon and sign a receipt for the same. Any receipt so signed shall be as valid and effectual for all purposes as if the same had been signed by the defaulter himself.
141. Share in movable property.- Where the property to be attached consists of the share or interest of the defaulter in movable property belonging to him and another as co-owners, the attachment shall be made by a notice to the defaulter prohibiting him from transferring such share or interest or subjecting same to a charge in any manner .
142 Attachment of negotiable instrument.- Where the property is a liable instrument not deposited in a Court, nor in the custody of a public officer, the attachment shall be made by actual seizure, and the instrument shall be brought before the Commissioner and held subject to this orders.
143. Attachment of property in custody of public officer.- Where the property to be attached is in the custody of any public officer, the attachment be made by a notice to such officer requesting that such property and any interest or dividend becoming payable thereon may be held subject to the further s of the Commissioner by whom the notice is issued.
144. Attachment of property in partnership.- (1) Where the property to be attached consists of an interest of the defaulter, being a partner, in the partnership property, the Commissioner may make an order charging the of such partner in the partnership property and profits, with payment of amount due under the notice, and may, by the same or a subsequent, appoint a receiver of the share of such partner in the profits, whether already declared or accruing, and of any other money which may become due to in respect of the partnership, and direct maintenance or rendition of accounts and inquiries and make an order for the sale of such interest or such order as the circumstances of the case may require.
(2) The other partners shall be at liberty at any time to redeem the interest charged or; in the case of a sale being directed, to purchase the same.
145. Inventory.- In the case of attachment of movable property by actual seizure the officer shall, after attachment of the property prepare an inventory of all the property attached, specifying in it the place where it is lodged or kept, and shall forward the same to the Commissioner and deliver a copy thereof to the defaulter.
146. Attachment not to be excessive.- The attachment by seizure shall not be excessive, that is to say, the property attached shall be as nearly as possible proportionate to the amount specified in the warrant.
147. Seizure between sunrise and sunset.- Attachment by seizure shall be made after sunrise and before sunset and not otherwise.
148. Entry into building by officer, etc.- The officer may break open any inner or other door or window of any building and enter any building in order to seize any movable property if the officer has reasonable grounds to believe" that such building contains movable property liable to seizure under the warrant and the officer has notified his authority and intention of breaking open if admission is not given. He shall, however, give all reasonable opportunity to women withdraw.
149. Sale.- The Commissioner may direct that any movable property attached under these rules or such portion thereof as may seem necessary to satisfy the certificate shall be sold.
150. Issue of proclamation.- When any sale of movable property is ordered by the Commissioner, he shall issue a proclamation of the intended sale specifying the time and place of sale and whether the sale is subject to confirmation or not.
151. Proclamation how made.-(l) The proclamation shall be made by the beat of drum or other customary mode, and the contents of the proclamation shall be explained in the language of the district-
(a) in the case of property attached by actual seizure-
(i) in the village in which the property was seized or, if the property was seized in a town or city, then, in the locality in which it was seized; and
(ii) at such other places as the Commissioner of Tax may direct; and
(b) in the case of property attached otherwise than by actual seizure. in such places, if any, as the Commissioner may direct.
(2) A copy of the proclamation shall also be affixed at a conspicuous place in the office of the Commissioner.
(3) Where the Commissioner so directs, such proclamation may also be published in one or two newspapers.
152. Sale after fifteen days.- Except where the property is subject to speedy and natural decay or when the expense of keeping it in custody is likely to exceed its value, no sale of movable property under these rules shall, without the consent in writing of the defaulter, take place until after the expiry of at least fifteen days from the date on which a copy of the proclamation of sale was affixed in the office of the Commissioner.
153. Sale to be by auction or by tender.- The property shall be sold by public auction or by tender, in one or more lots, as the officer may consider advisable and, if the amount to be realized by sale may be satisfied by the sale of a portion of the property, the sale shall be only with respect to that portion of the property.
154. Sale by public auction.- (I) Where movable property is sold by public on, the price of each lot shall be paid at the time of sale or as soon thereafter the officer holding the sale directs and in default of payment the property shall with be re-sold.
(2) On payment of the purchase money, the officer holding the sale shall grant to the purchaser a certificate specifying the property purchased, the price paid he name of the purchaser, and the sale shall thereupon become absolute.
(3) Where the movable property to be sold is a share in goods belonging to defaulter and a co-owner, and two or more persons, of whom one is such co-owner, respectively bid the same sum for such property or for any lot, the bid of co-owner shall have preference.
155. Irregularity not to vitiate sale.- Any error or irregularity in publishing or conducting the sale of movable property shall not vitiate the sale if provisions of these rules have been substantially complied with.
156. Negotiable instruments or share in a corporation.- Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, where the property to be sold negotiable instrument or a share in a corporation, the Commissioner instead of directing the sale to be made by public auction, authorize the sale of such instrument or share through a broker .
157. Order for payment of coin or currency notes to the Commissioner of Income-tax.- Where the property attached is current coin or currency notes, the Commissioner may, at any time during the continuance of the attachment, direct that such coin or notes, or a part thereof sufficient to satisfy the Notice, be paid over to the Commissioner.
Attachment and sale of immovable property attachment
158. Attachment.- Attachment of the immovable property of the defaulter be made by an order prohibiting the defaulter from transferring or subjecting the property to a charge in any manner and prohibiting all persons from taking any benefit under such transfer or charge.
159. Service of notice of attachment.- A copy of the order of attachment be served on the defaulter.
160. Proclamation of attachment.- The order of attachment shall be aimed at some place on or adjacent to the property attached by beat of drum or customary mode, and a copy of the order shall be affixed at a conspicuous of the property and also at a conspicuous place of the office of the Commissioner.
161. Sale and proclamation of sales.- (I) The Commissioner of Tax may direct that any immovable property which has been attached, or such portion of as may seem necessary to satisfy the notice, shall be sold.
(2) Where any immovable property is ordered to be sold, the Commissioner shall cause a proclamation of the intended sale to be made in the language of the district.
162. Contents of proclamation.-(I) A proclamation of sale of immovable property shall be drawn up after service of notice to the defaulter, and shall state time and place of sale and also specify-
(a) the location of the property to be sold;
(b) as fairly and accurately as possible the revenue or rent, if any, assessed upon the property or any part thereof; and
(c) the amount for the recovery of which the sale is ordered.
(2) The proclamation may also specify any other thing which the Commissioner considers material for a purchaser to know in order to judge the' nature and value of the property.
163. Mode of making proclamation.-(I) Every proclamation for the sale of immovable property shall be made at some place on or near such property by beat of drum or other customary mode, and a copy of the proclamation shall be affixed at a conspicuous place of the property and also at a conspicuous. of the office of the Commissioner.
(2) Where the Commissioner so directs, such proclamation may be published in one or two newspapers.
(3) Where the property is divided into lots for the purpose of being sold, separately, it shall not be necessary to make a separate proclamation for each lot, unless proper notice of the sale cannot, in the opinion of the Commissioner, otherwise be given.
164. Time of sale.- No sale of immovable property under these rules shall, without the consent in writing of the defaulter, take place until after tile expiration of at least thirty days from the date on which a copy of the proclamation of sale has been affixed on the property or in the office of the Commissioner, whichever is later.
165. Sale to be by auction or by tender.-The sale shall be made by public auction or by tender to the highest bidder and shall be subject to confirmation by the Commissioner.
166. Deposit by purchaser and re-sale in default.-(I) On every sale of immovable property, the person declared to be the purchaser shall pay, immediately after such declaration, a deposit of twenty-five per cent of the amount of his purchase money to the officer conducting the sale; and in default of such deposit the property shall forthwith be resold.
(2) The full amount of purchase money payable shall be paid by the purchaser to the Commissioner on or before the fifteenth day from the date of the sale of the property.
167. Procedure in default of payment.- In default of payment within the period mentioned in rule 166 twenty per cent of deposit made under sub-rule (1) of that rule shall be forfeited and the rest shall be kept as deposit to be dealt with as mentioned in rule 168 and the property shall be re-sold and the defaulting purchaser shall forfeit all claims to the property or to any part of the sum for which it may be subsequently sold except to such sums as may be found refundable to him under rule 168.
168. Amount recoverable from purchaser in default.-Any deficiency of price which may happen on a re-sale by reason of the purchaser's default including all expenses attending such re-sale, shall be recoverable from the defaulting purchaser up to the maximum of eighty per cent of the deposit made by him under sub-rule (1) of rule 173 and kept as a deposit under rule 166 and if there is any surplus after meeting the deficiency the same shall be refunded to the defaulting purchaser .
169. Authority to bid.- All persons bidding at the sale shall be required to declare if they are bidding on their own behalf, or on behalf of their principals and, in the latter case, they shall be required to deposit their authority, and in default their bids shall be rejected.
170. Application to set aside sale of immovable property on deposit.- Where immovable property has been sold in execution of a Certificate, the defaulter, or any person whose interests are affected by the sale, may, at any within thirty days from the date of the sale, apply to the Commissioner to set aside the sale, on his depositing-
(a) for payment to the Commissioner, the amount specified in the proclamation of sale as that for the recovery of which the sale was ordered with interest thereon at the rate of eight per cent per annum, calculated from the date of proclamation of sale to the date when the deposit is made; and
(b) for payment to the purchaser, as penalty, a sum equal to ten per cent of the purchase money.
(2) Where a person makes an application under rule 171 for setting aside the sale of his immovable property, he shall not, unless he withdraws that application, be entitled to make or prosecute an application under this rule.
171. Application to set aside sale of immovable property on ground of non-service of notice or irregularity .-Where immovable property has been in execution of a notice, the Commissioner of Income Tax, the defaulter, or any person whose interests are affected by the sale, may, at any time within thirty days from the date of the sale, apply to the Commissioner to set aside the sale of the immovable property on the ground that notice was not served on the defaulter to pay the arrears as required by these rules or on the ground of a material irregularity in publishing or conducting the sale:
provided that-
(a) no sale shall be set aside on any such ground unless the Commissioner is satisfied on the basis of evidence, produced before him that the applicant has sustained loss by reason of the non-service or irregularity; and
(b) an application made by a defaulter under this rule shall be disallowed unless he deposits the amount recoverable from him in execution of the notice.
172. Setting aside sale where defaulter has no saleable interest.- At time within thirty days of the sale, the purchaser may apply to the Commissioner to set aside the sale on the ground that the defaulter had no saleable interest in the property sold.
173. Confirmation of sale.-(l) Where no application is made for setting the sale under the foregoing rules or where such an application is made and owed by the Commissioner, he shall, if the full amount of the purchase money has been paid, make 1'In order confirming the sale, and upon the sale shall become absolute.
(2) Where such application is made and allowed, and where, in the case of application made to set aside the sale on deposit of the amount and penalty interest, the deposit is made within thirty days from the date of sale, the Commissioner shall make an order setting aside the sale.
Provided that no such order shall be made unless notice of the application has been given to the persons affected thereby.
174. Return of purchase money in certain cases.-Where a sale of immovable property is set aside, any money paid or deposited by the purchaser on account of the purchase, together with the penalty, if any, deposited for payment to the purchaser, shall be paid to the purchaser .
175. Sale certificate.- (I) Where a sale of immovable property has become absolute, the Commissioner shall grant a certificate specifying the property sold, and the name of the person who at the time of sale was declared to be the purchaser .
(2) Such certificate shall state the date on which the sale become absolute.
176. Postponement of sale to enable defaulter to raise amount due under notice.-(I) Where an order for the sale of immovable property has been made and the defaulter satisfies the Commissioner of Tax that there is reason to believe that the amount of the notice may be raised by mortgage or lease or private sale of such property, or some part thereof, or of any other immovable property of the defaulter, the Commissioner of Tax may, on the application of the defaulter, postpone the sale of the property specified in the order for sale, on such terms and for such period as he thinks proper, to enable the defaulter to raise the amount.
(2) In such case, the Commissioner shall grant a certificate to the defaulter authorizing him, within a period to be mentioned therein and notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, to make the proposed mortgage, lease or sale:
Provided that all money payable under such mortgage, lease or sale shall be paid, not to the defaulter, but to the Commissioner:
Provided further that no mortgage, lease or sale under this rule shall become absolute until it has been confirmed by the Commissioner.
177. Fresh proclamation before resale.- Every re-sale of immovable property, in default of payment of the purchase money within the period allowed for such payment, shall be made after the issue of a fresh proclamation in the manner and for the period herein-before provided for the sale.
178. Bid of co-sharer to have preference.- Where the property sold is a share of undivided immovable property and two or more persons, of whom one is a co-sharer, respectively bid the same sum for such property or for any lot, the bid of the co-sharer shall have preference.
Part-IV
Appointment of Receiver
179. Appointment of receiver for business.- (I) Where the property of Defaulter consists of a business, the Commissioner may attach the business and appoint a person as receiver to manage the business.
(2) Attachment of a business under this rule shall be made by an order prohibiting the defaulter from transferring or subjecting the business to a charge in any manner and prohibiting all persons from taking any benefit under such transfer or charge and intimating that the business has been attached under this rule. A copy of the order of attachment shall be served on the defaulter and another copy shall be affixed on a conspicuous part of the premises in which the business is carried on and at a conspicuous place in the office of the Commissioner.
(3) Where the Commissioner so directs, such order shall also be published in a newspaper.
180. Appointment of receiver for immovable property.- Where immovable property is attached, the Commissioner may, instead of directing sale of the property, appoint a person as receiver to manage such property.
181. Power of receivers, etc.- (1) Where it appears to the Commissioner to be just and convenient, the Officer may by order-
(a) remove any person from the possession or custody of the property;
(b) commit the same to the possession, custody or management of the receiver; and
(c) confer upon the receiver all such powers, as to bringing and defending suits and for the realization, management, protection, preservation and improvement of the property, the collection of the rents and profits thereof, the application and disposal of such rents and profits, and the execution of documents as the owner himself has or such of those powers as the Commissioner thinks fit:
Provided that nothing in this rule shall authorize the Commissioner to remove from the possession or custody of property any person whom any party to recovery proceedings has not a present right so to remove.
(2) The Commissioner may by general or special order fix the amount to be paid as remuneration for the services of the receiver.
(3) Every receiver appointed by the Commissioner shall-
(a)