HIMACHAL PRADESH PUBLIC MONEYS (RECOVERY OF DUES) ACT, 1973

Act No. 22 of 1973

An Act to provide for the speedy recovery of certain classes of dues payable to the State. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:--

S.1 Short title, extent and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Himachal Pradesh Public Moneys (Recovery of Dues) Act, 1973.

(2) It extends to the whole of Himachal Pradesh.

(3) It shall come into force at once.

S.2 Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--

• "financial assistance" means any financial assistance rendered--
  • (i) for the purposes of vocational or technical training; or
  • (ii) for the construction of residential buildings; or
  • (iii) for providing drinking water kuhl or pipe line; or
  • (iv) for the development of animal husbandry, agriculture or horticulture; or
  • (v) for establishing, expanding or running any village or cottage industry or
  • (vi) for purposes of any other kind of planned development; or
  • (vii) for relief against distress; or
  • (viii) for loan under the National Loan Scholarship Scheme;
• "State Government" means the Government of Himachal Pradesh.

S.3 Recovery of certain dues as arrears of land revenue

(1) Where any person is a party--

• (a) to any agreement relating to a loan, advance, grant, stipend or scholarship given to him by the State Government by way of financial assistance; or
• (b) to any agreement relating to a guarantee given by the State Government in respect of a loan; or
• (c) to any agreement providing that any money payable thereunder to the State Government shall be recoverable as arrears of land revenue; or
• (d) to any agreement to sell or distribute goods or any other article supplied by or through the State Government;

and such person--

• (i) makes any default in the repayment of the loan, advance, stipend or scholarship or any instalment or interest thereof; or
• (ii) having become liable under the conditions of the grant to refund the grant or any portion thereof, makes any default in repayment of such grant or portion or instalment thereof; or
• (iii) having become liable to pay the p