State Act
Section 25. Demands for money, papers, etc. to be made known in writing to the person concerned.
The Gujarat Land Revenue Code, 1879
25. The Collector or the Superintendent of Survey or any other officer, deputed by the Collector or Superintendent of Survey for this purpose shall in all cases in which he may have a claim on any revenue officer or on any person formerly employed as such in his department or district for public money or papers or other 1[property of the 3[Government]], by writing under his official seal, if he use one, and signature, require the money, or the particular papers or property detained to be delivered either immediately to the person bearing the said writing, or to such person on such date and at such place as the writing may specify. If the officer or other person aforesaid shall not discharge the money, or deliver up the papers or property as directed, he may cause him to be, apprehended, and may send him with a warrant, in the form of Schedule C to be confined in the civil jail till he discharges the sums or delivers up the papers or property demanded from him : Provided that no person shall be detained in confinement by virtue of any such warrant for a longer period than one calendar month.