Section 23:
Full payment of purchase money.
The full amount of purchase money shall be made good
by the purchaser before sunset of the thirtieth day from that on which the sale of the estate or share of all
estate bought by him took place, reckoning that day as one of the thirty ; or if the thirtieth day be a
Sunday Or other close holiday, then on the first office day after the thirtieth: and in default of payment
within the prescribed period as aforesaid, the deposit shall be forfeited to Government, the estate or share
shall be resold, and the defaulting purchaser shall forfeit all claim to the estate or share, or to any part of
the sum for which it may subsequently be sold. And in the event of the proceeds of the sale which may be
eventually consummated being less than the price bid by the defaulting bidder aforesaid, the difference
shall be leviable from him by any process authorized for realizing an arrear of public revenue, and such
difference shall be considered to be a part of the purchase money and shall be dealt with in the manner
hereinafter prescribe for the disposal thereof.