State Act
Section 491. Expenses recoverable under this Act to be payable on demand; and if not paid on demand may be recovered as an arrear of property tax.
The Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act.
491. Expenses recoverable under this Act to be payable on demand; and if not paid on demand may be recovered as an arrear of property tax.— (1) Whenever under this Act, or any regulation or by-law made under this Act, the expenses of any work executed or of any measure taken or thing done by or under the order of the Commissioner 12[or the General Manager] or of any municipal officer empowered under section 1[68 2[* *]] in this behalf are payable by any person the same shall be payable on demand. (2) If not paid on demand the said expenses shall be recoverable by the Commissioner 3[or the General Manager] subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 503, by distress and sale of the goods and chattles of the defaulter, as if the amount thereof were a property-tax due by the said defaulter.