law: Indian Forest Act, 1927
  85 .
  
  Recovery of penalties due under bond,  
  When any person, in accordance with any provision
  
  of this Act, or in compliance with any rule made thereunder ,
  
  binds himself by any bond or instrument to perform any duty or act or covenants
  
  by any bond or instrument that he, or that he and his servants and agents will
  
  abstain from any act, the whole sum mentioned in such bond or instrument as the
  
  amount to be paid in case of a breach of the conditions thereof may,
  
  notwithstanding anything in section 74 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (9 of
  
  1872), be recovered from him in case of such breach as if it were an arrear of
  
  land revenue.