Description of Demands Act by which it is declared realizable under the
Certificate procedure
Tax, Toll, Fish & Rate payable to City
Corporation
Tax, Toll, Fish & Rate payable to City
Corporation
Any dues payable to Telecommunication
authority
Claim of compensation for damage of Mineral
property.
Arrears of money under the Act
Recovery of loan given by the Palli Bank
Any dues payable to the Investment
Corporation Board
Any dues payable to the Board
Any dues payable to the Board
Penalty imposed by the commission for
violating of Security laws
Recovery of Sums apportioned
Recovery of arrears of water rate
Recovery of postal money order paid to a
wrong person
Recovery of loan by all Scheduled Bank
Any arrears from Director of Company
Expenses incurred by Court of Wards & their
Sureties
Local Government(City Corporation) Act, 2009
Local Government(Municipal Act), 2001
Telecommunication Act. 2009
Section 39 of Mines & Mineral Control &
Development Act, 1992
Section 30 of Power Development Board order, 1972
Palli Sanchy Bank Act, 2014
Section 32 of Investment Corporation
Bangladesh Act, 2014
Section 22 of Rural Electrification Board
Act, 2013.
Section 2 of “বববাংলবদদেশ গগবস আইন, ২০১৩”
Bangladesh Security & Exchange
Commission Act, 1993.
Section 54 of the Embankment & Drainage
Act, 1952.
Section 11 of Bangladesh Irrigation water
rate Ordinance, 1983.
Section 47 of Post office Act, 1991
Section 5 of Money Loan Court Act, 2003.
Section 17(5) of Bank-Company Act, 1991.
Section 46 of Court of Wards Act, 1879
 Fees under the Court fees Act
Realization of loan or other dues
List of Public Demand falling under Public
Demands Recovery Act, 1913
Realization of loan or other dues
Demands directly payable to the person other than the Government (Under Section 6)
Realization of loan or other dues
Moneys directed to be paid under Section 43(2) ,
51, 81 under the Act
Description of Demands
Demands directly payable to the person other than the Government
All arrears of rent under SAT Act Section 141of State Acquisition & Tenancy Act.
(Under Section 4)
Land Development Tax (Khajna)
Recovery of Expenditure for repatriation
Any fine or compensation payable under the
act
Rent or fee payable in respect of any land or
building
Compensation payable under the act directed
by Tribunal
Sums payable under the terms of the lease of
the Levy of tolls
Fines payable by the agent directed by the
authority
Sums ordered under the act to be paid
Recovery of Tax
Compensation for unauthorized occupation
of any land or building
Loans for Improvement , Interest & Costs
Money recoverable from Public accountants
& Sureties on account of loss of defalcation
in their accounts
Expenses chargeable under Section 10 of the
Act
Survey Charges
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Section 20 of Court fees Act, 1870
Bangladesh Krishi Bank order, 1973.
Co-operative Societies Act
Bangladesh Investment Finance
Corporation Act
Co-operative Societies Act.
Act by which it is declared realizable under the
Certificate procedure
Land Development Tax Ordinance, 1976
Section 25(1) of Emigration Ordinance, 1982.
Sec. 27(4) of Right to Information Act, 2009.
Section 7 of Conservation of Ports, land, & building
(Recovery of possession) Act, 1967.
Section 28 of “মবনব পবচবর ও দেমন আইন, ২০১২”
Section 9 (3) of Tolls Act, 1851
Section 29(3) of “ববদদেশশক কমর্মসবাংসবন ও অশভিববসসী আইন,
২০১৩”
Section 48 of Stamp Act, 1899.
Section 138 of Income Tax Ordinance,
1984.
Section 9(3) Government & Local authority
Land & Building (Recovery of possession)
Ordinance, 1970.
Section 7 of The Land Improvement Loans
Act, 1883.
Section 4 of The Public Accountants
Defaults Act, 1850.
Section 10 of Bengal Mining Settlement
Act, 1912
Section 57 of Survey Act, 1875.
Public Demand
Definition

Public demand variously known as land revenue, public revenue, or

Government revenue has played important role in the past & also in present in
shaping the destiny of the state.

The definition of Public Demand is given in the Definition clause of Public

Demand Recovery Act, 1913. Section 3(6) of the said act prescribed---

“Pubic demand means any arrear or money mentioned or referred to in

Schedule 1, and includes any interest which may, by law, be chargeable
thereupon up to date on which a certificate signed under part II”

So the definition given in the Act is vague & not a clear one. We can rely on a
case law for the definition of Public Demand. The below mentioned case is
about “Debt” but we can rely on it as Public Demand is also a one kind of Debt.
In the case of Bachram VS Adya Nath it was held

“A debt is a sum of money which is now payable or will become payable

Or will become payable in future by reason of the present obligation”

So by resorting the above mentioned vague definition given in the act & case
law we can say
Public Demand means any sum of money which is declared by the
Government (according to the provisions of laws, in force) recoverable from the
citizens of its country.
 Brief History of Public Demand
1
Recovery Act:

At first public demand stood for land revenue. The state always in India claimed
a share in the profits from the land. It was so in the Hindu period, the
Mohammedan period and even the British rule. In the early part of British rule
various regulations were enacted from time to time to recover the land revenue.
On the first day May, 1793, Regulation no1 was passed: and on the same day
47 other regulations were passed. After enactment of the regulation various
amendment took place on the way to Public demand Recovery Act, 1913. In
1794, by amending regulation no: 3 the debtor if failed to pay the money then
his all property will be sold to collect the debt money. In 1796, by amending the
regulation no: 5,12 collector got the right to arrest the debtor and detain him and
also attach the property. There is a provision to impose interest on unpaid
revenue. In 1801, regulation n:1 was amended. Penalty interest was introduced
by this amendment. In 1812, By amending regulation no:5 the penalty interest
was abolished and the Collector got the right to sell the property to collect the
unpaid revenue. In 1841 Act no: 12 was amended. In this amendment
government enacted the revenue collection rules.

In 1867 government decided to widen the scope of the revenue collection. The
government collected revenue from various source other than land revenue.

After this amendment the meaning of public demand had been changed, before
this amendment the Public Demand mean only land revenue but now it means
not only land revenue but also other source from where government collects
revenue.
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Table of Contents
Topics Page Number
Definition 1
Brief History of Public 2
Demand Recovery Act
List of Public Demand 3-4
falling under Public
Demands Recovery Act,
1913