whenever by local custom any work for the purpose of irrigation or drainage or connected therewith is usually executed by the joint labor of a village community, any person bound by such custom to contribute labor to such work, who neglects or refuses without reasonable cause to comply with a requisition for such customary aid made to him the head of the village under the orders of the Tehsildar or other superior Revenue Officer, shall be liable to pay a sum equal to twice the value of the labor which he is bound to contribute. The amount so payable shall, in case of dispute, be determined summarily by a Village or District Punchayet assembled by order of the Collector through the Village or District Moonsiff according to the rules for assembling such Punchayets prescribed in Regulations V and VII of 1816. Such amount shall be payable on demand ; and, on non-payment, the same may be recovered by the same means by which arrears of Land Revenue are recoverable. All sums paid or recovered under this Section shall be applicable to the expenses of any works for he purpose of irrigation or drainage executed for the benefit of the Village communities to which the defaulters respectively belong.