Section 6. Power to issue certificate

Power to issue certificate. - The Tehsildar, Naib Tehsildar and Inspector Land Records within the local limits of whose jurisdiction a debtor actually and voluntarily resides, or carries on business, or personally works for gain and such other officer or authority as may be prescribed shall be competent to issue a certificate in the prescribed form and manner certifying that the debtor is an agricultural labourer, a marginal farmer or a rural artisan or a small farmer.