15Deposit for the protection of an estate from sale.

If any recorded proprietor or co-partner of an estate shall deposit with the Collector money, or Government securities, endorsed and made payable to the order of the Collector, and shall sign an agreement pledging the same to Government by way of security for the jumma of the entire estate and authorizing the Collector to apply to the payment of any arrear of revenue that may become due from that estate the whole or any portion of the said money or securities that may be necessary for that purpose, then in the case of any arrear of revenue due from the said estate not being paid before sunset of the latest day of payment fixed under III of this Act, the Collector shall apply to the payment of such arrear the said money or securities, as may be necessary ; and for this purpose the Collector shall first apply any money that may be in his hands and any interest that may be due upon such securities, and may then sell and transfer the securities, for any balance that may remain, And so long as any money or securities as aforesaid, sufficient to cover any arrear that may fall due, shall remain and he available as aforesaid, the estate for the protection of which the said deposit was made shall be exempted from sale for arrears of revenue. All monies and securities so deposited shall be exempt from attachment otherwise than in execution of a decree of a Civil Court.