77. Detention in and release from prison.- (1) Every person detained in the civil prison in execution of a certificate may be so detained,—
(a) where the certificate is for a demand of an amount exceeding two hundred and fifty rupees—for a period of six months, and (b) in any other case—for a period of six weeks: Provided that he shall be released from such detention— (i) on the amount mentioned in the warrant for his detention being paid to the officer-in-charge of the civil prison, or (ii) on the request of the Tax Recovery Officer on any ground other than the grounds mentioned in rules 78 and 79. (2) A defaulter released from detention under this rule shall not, merely by reason of his release, be discharged from his liability for the arrears; but he shall not be liable to be rearrested under the certificate in execution of which he was detained in the civil prison.
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