(1) When, in any suit brought under this Act by a landholder against an under-proprietor or a tenant for arrears of rent, the under-proprietor or the tenant pleads that he has paid the rent of the holding for the period in respect of which the suit is brought to a third person whom he in good faith believed to be entitled to receive such rent, the Court shall, at the cost of such under-proprietor or tenant, as the case may be, make such third person a defendant in the suit and shall inquire into and decide the question.
(2) If the question is determined in favour of the under-proprietor or the tenant, the suit shall be decided in his favour and he shall not be made a party to any subsequent suit between the landholder and the third person for the recovery of the amount so paid or for the determination of the proprietary right in the holding.
(2) If the question is determined in favour of the under-proprietor or the tenant, the suit shall be decided in his favour and he shall not be made a party to any subsequent suit between the landholder and the third person for the recovery of the amount so paid or for the determination of the proprietary right in the holding.
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