94.  Recovery of tax by Collector.-

The Deputy Commissioner may forward to the Collector of the District in which the assessee resides or carries on business, or in which any property belonging to the assessee is situate, a certificate specifying the amount of any tax payable by the assessee; and, on receipt of such certificate, the Collector shall proceed to recover from the assessee the amount so specified as if it were an arrear of land revenue:

Provided that, without prejudice to any other powers of the Collector in this behalf, he shall, for the purposes of recovering the amount so specified, have the powers which, under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (V of 1908), a Civil Court has for the purpose of the recovery of an amount due under a decree.