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(1) In any case in which it shall appear to the Collector that the institution of legal proceedings is requisite or desirable with respect to any watan, or the estate, property, funds or affairs thereof, the Collector shall certify such case in writing under his hand to the 1* * * 2[Commissioner], together with such statements and particulars as in his opinion may be requisite or proper for the explanation of such case, and thereupon the 3[said Commissioner], if upon consideration of the circumstances 4[he thinks fit], shall authorize the Collector to institute and prosecute in the name of the Collector such legal proceedings as may appear requisite or proper for the protection of the watan, its estates, property, funds or affairs, by suit or petition in any Civil Court having jurisdiction in the matter. The cost of such proceedings, unless recovered from the opposite party, shall be paid out of the funds of the watan.
Collector may proceed under sections 8 to 11, or 13
(2) The Collector may, if he thinks fit, proceed as provided in sections 8, 9, 10, 11 or 13 1* * * in lieu of instituting or prosecuting legal proceedings under this section.
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1 The word "Revenue" was repealed by the Bombay General Clauses Act, 1886 (Bom. 3 of 1886), Schedule B. This Schedule has been printed as an Appendix to the Bombay General Clauses Act, 1904 (Bom. 1 of 1904).
2 This word was substituted for the words " State Government" by Bom. 8 of 1958, section 3, Schedule.
3 These words were substituted for the words "State Government", ibid.
4 These words were substituted for the words "it thinks fit" by Bom. 8 of 1958, section 3, Schedule.