Section 57
If defendant appear on day to which the case is postponed, Collector may allow him to be heard in answer to the suit
About this Act
An Act to amend the law relating to the recovery of Rent in the Presidency of Fort Willian in Bengal.
If the defendant shall appear on any subsequent day to which the
hearing of the suit may be postponed under the last preceding section, the Collector may upon such
conditions, if any, as to costs or otherwise as he may think proper, allow the defendant to be heard, in
answer to the suit as if he had appeared on the day fixed for his attendance.