Land Revenue Collection Act 1940 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Sale by Auction
7. Lands to be auctioned
Feedback & supportSubject to this section, any land so specified shall, at the place and time and on the day notified, or on any other day to which the Collector may postpone the sale, be put to public auction by or in the presence of the Collector at an upset price sufficient to cover the arrear due in respect thereof together with fees due and costs and shall be sold to the highest bidder.
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;
The Collector may, if he sees fit, postpone any sale notified under section 6 and may in his discretion notify the date, time and place of any postponed sale in such manner as may to him seem fit.