Section 12B. Recovery of dues from legal representatives

(1) Where an agriculturist dies before the dues in respect of any financial assistance granted to him have been fully satisfied the bank or the Tahsildar referred to in section 10-B or the prescribed authority referred to in section 11 or the Collector referred to in section 11-A may proceed against the legal representatives of the agriculturist for the recovery of the dues. (2) Where the proceedings are taken for the recovery against such legal representatives, they shall be liable only to the extent of the property of the deceased which has come to their hands and has not been duly disposed of and for the purpose of ascertaining such liability, the Tahsildar or the prescribed authority or the Collector, as the case may be, may suo motu or on application of the bank compel such legal representatives to produce such account as he or it thinks fit.