(1) The salaries and allowances payable to the Director Gurdwara Elections or to the officers and other employees engaged for the conduct of elections to the Committee, shall be defrayed out of the Consolidated Fund of India in the first instance, but shall be recoverable from the Committee by debit to the Gurdwara Fund after the close of each financial year.
     (2) Any sum due to the Central Government under sub-section (1) shall, if not paid within three months after the demand has been made, be recoverable as arrears of land revenue.