¹[142A. (1) Without prejudice to the provisions of section 142, the Deputy Commissioner of Taxes may forward to a Magistrate of the First Class, specially empowered in this ²[* * *] behalf by the Government, hereinafter referred to as the Special Magistrate, in whose territorial jurisdiction the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Taxes is situate, or the assessee resides, or owns property or carries on business or profession, a certificate under his signature specifying the amount of arrears due from the assessee, and the Special Magistrate shall, on receipt of such certificate, proceed to recover from the assessee the amount specified therein as if it were an arrear of land revenue and the Special Magistrate were a Collector of District. (2) Without prejudice to any other powers of a Collector of District which the Special Magistrate may have in this behalf, he shall, for the purposes of recovery of the amount specified in the certificate for recovery forwarded to him under sub-section (1), have the powers which a Civil Court has under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act V of 1908), for the purpose of recovery of an amount due under a decree. (3) The Deputy Commissioner of Taxes may, at any time, recall from the Special Magistrate a certificate forwarded to him under sub-section (1) and upon such recall, all proceedings commenced in pursuance of the certificate shall abate: Provided that the recall of a certificate shall not affect any recoveries made by the Special Magistrate before the recall as if the certificate had not, to the extent of such recovery, been recalled; nor shall the recall of a certificate issued at any time prevent the recovery, by issue of a fresh certificate of any amount which was recoverable at the time the certificate so recalled was issued.]