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1) If any such notice as is referred to insection 256has been given to any person in respect of property of which he is the owner, thea[Board]b[or the civil area committee or the Executive Officer at whose instance such notice has been issued] may require any occupier of such property or of any part thereof toc[pay to it or him], instead of to the owner, any rent payable by him in respect of such property, as it falls due, up to the amount recoverable from the owner undersection 256:d[Provided that if the occupier, on application made to him by the Board or the civil area committee or the Executive Officer at whose instance such notice has been issued, refuses truly to disclose the amount of his rent or the name or address of the person to whom it is payable, the Executive Officer may recover from the occupier the whole amount recoverable undersection 256in the same manner as moneys recoverable by the Board undersection 259.]
(2) Any amount recovered from an occupier instead of from an owner under sub-section (1) shall, in the absence of any contract between the owner and the occupier to the contrary, be deemed to have been paid to the owner. Act l5 of l983.Clause l47.- As powers and functions of the Board under certain sections of the Act are propoied to be given to the Executive Officer or the civil area committee, the amendments tosection 257of the Act-are consequential in nature, - Gaz. of Ind., 9-7-1982, Pt. II. S. 2. Ext., P. 5S (No. 26).