Every person who may have become a surety by or under any of the provisions of this Act or under any other enactment or any grant, lease or contract whereunder the sum secured is recoverable from the principal as an arrear of land revenue, shall, on failure to pay the amount or any portion thereof, which he may have become liable to pay under terms of his security bond, be liable to be proceeded against, under the provisions of this Chapter in the same manner as for an arrear of land revenue;