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together with any finas, penalties, fees, or costs incurred.

74. (1) Save as provided in sub-section (2), tax in default shall

be a first charge upon all the assets of the defaulter:

Provided that -

(1) such charge shall not extend to

affect any assets

sold by the defaulter to a bona fide purchaser for value prior to

the seizure of the same in accordance with the provisions of

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section

(ii) as regards immovable property, the tax shall not rank

in priority to any lease or encumbrance created bona fide for

value and registered prior to the date of such seizure; and

(iii) as regarda movable property, where tax for more than

one year of assesment is in default, the tax for one year only, to

be selected by the Commissioner, shall rank in priority to any

lien or encumbrance created bona fide for value prior to the date

of default.

(2) A receiver shall pay out of the assets under his control the

tax charged or chargeable for one complete year of assessment prior

to the date of the insolvency, bankruptay, or liquidation, to be

selected by the Commissioner a first charge on such assets and

any other tax charged or chargeable for periods prior to such date a

shall be an unsecured debt:

Provided that where the receiver proves to the satisfaction

of the Commissioner that any tax to which this sub-section applies is

excessive, the Commissioner my, notwithstanding the provisions of

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section 55, review the ssessment in respect of which the tax is

charged and make such adjustment as he may in his discretion think

reasonable.

75.(1) The Commissioner may appoint persons to be Collectors.

(2) - (a) where any tax is in default, the Commissioner may insum

certificate to any Collector or bailiff containing particulars of

such tax and the name of the defaulter, and the officer to whom such

certificate is issued shall be empowered and is hereby required to

cause the tax to be recovered from the defaulter named in

certificate by seimre and sale of his movable property

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