(1) When a deposit has been so received, it shall be deemed to be a payment made by the tenant to his landlord in respect of rent due.
     (2) The officer receiving the deposit shall give notice of the receipt thereof to every person who he has reason to believe claims, or is entitled to, the deposit, and may pay the amount thereof to any person appearing to him to be entitled to the same, or may, if he thinks fit, retain the deposit pending the decision of a Civil Court as to the person so entitled.
     (3) No suit or other proceeding shall be instituted against the Secretary of State for India in Council, or against any officer of the Government, in respect or anything done by a Revenue-officer under this section; but nothing in this section shall prevent any person entitled to receive the amount of any such deposit from recovering the same from a person to whom it has been paid by a Revenue-officer.