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55. (1) A debt not secured by a negotiable instrument, a share in a corporation, or other movable property not in the possession of the defaulter except for property deposited in, or in the custody of, any Court, shall be attached, and the attachment shall be made by a written order in Form 30 prohibiting.-

(a) in the case of a debit, the creditor from recovering the debt and the debtor from making thereof unit receipt of a further order from the Tax Recovery Officer;

(b) in the case of a share, the person in whose name the share may be standing from transferring the same or receiving any dividend thereon;

(c) in the case of any other movable property, the person in possession of the same from giving it to the defaulter.

(2) A copy of such order shall be affixed on some conspicuous part of the office of the Tax Recovery Officer, and another copy shall be sent, in the case of debt, to the debtor, and in the case of shares, to the proper officer of the corporation and in the case of other movable property, to the person in the possession of the same.

(3) A debtor, prohibited under clause (a) of sub-rule (1), may pay the amount of his debt to the Tax Recovery Officer, and such payment shall be deemed as paid to the defaulter.