1 [25. Enforcement oforders of the District Forum, the State Commission or the National Commission
(1) Where an interimorder made under this Act is not complied with, the District Forum or the StateCommission or the National Commission, as the case may be, may order theproperty of the person, not complying with such order to be attached.
(2) No attachment made under sub-section (1) shallremain in force for more than three months at the end of which, if thenon-compliance continues, the property attached may be sold and out of theproceeds thereof, the District Forum or the State Commission or the NationalCommission may award such damages as it thinks fit to the complainant and shallpay the balance, if any, to the party entitled thereto.
(3) Where any amount is due from any person underan order made by a District Forum, State Commission or the National Commission,as the case may be, the person entitled to the amount may make an applicationto the District Forum, the State Commission or the National Commission, as thecase may be, and such District Forum or the State Commission or the National Commissionmay issue a certificate for the said amount to the Collector of the district(by whatever name called) and the Collector shall proceed to recover the amountin the same manner as arrears of land revenue.]
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1.Substituted by Act 62 of 2002, section 22, for section "25. Enforcement of orders by theForum, the State Commission or the National Commission.--Every ordermade by the District Forum, the State Commission or the National Commission maybe enforced by the District Forum, the State Commission or the NationalCommission, as the case may be, in the same manner as if it were decree ororder made by a court in a suit pending therein and it shall be lawful for theDistrict Forum, the State Commission or the National Commission to send, in theevent of its inability to execute it, such order to the court within the locallimits of whose jurisdiction,--
(a) in the case of an order against a company, theregistered office of the company is situated, or
(b) in the case of an order against any otherperson, the place where the person concerned voluntarily resides or carries onbusiness or personally works for gain, is situated,
and thereupon, the court to which the order is sosent, shall execute the order as if it were a decree or order sent to it forexecution." (w.e.f. 15-3-2003).