Land Revenue Collection Act 1940 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Sale by Auction
16. Land not sold reverts to the State
Feedback & supportSubject to section 7, if at any sale under this Act there is no bid sufficient to cover the amount due for the arrear together with fees and costs due the Collector shall record the fact in a book to be called the Rent Auction Sale Book, and upon such record being made the land shall revert to and vest in the State and all right, title and interest of the defaulter or any person claiming under him shall cease.
Collector
“Collector” means —(a)any officer of the Authority; or(b)any public officer or officer of any other public authority constituted under any written law for a public purpose,appointed by the Minister to be a Collector of Land Revenue, and includes any Deputy Collector of Land Revenue appointed before 1 June 2001;
In the event of such reversion, the fact shall be advertised in the Gazette as provided in section 14(3).
The Collector shall also cause appropriate entries to be made in the registers kept under the Registration of Deeds Act 1988.