| CHAPTER - XVIII DEMANDS AND RECOVERY 156. Recovery through court.- Where an amount is to be recovered  as if it were a fine imposed under the Code  of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the proper officer shall make an application before  the appropriate Magistrate in  accordance with the provisions of clause (f) of sub-section (1) of section 79 in   FORM GST DRC- 19 to recover from  the person concerned, the amount specified thereunder as if it were a fine  imposed by him. |