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The
(Punjab Act VII of 1934)
C O N T E N T S
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Sections
1. Short title,
extent and commencement.
2. Interpretation
clause (definitions).
PART II
INSOLVENCY PROCEDURE
3. [Repealed]
4. [Repealed]
PART III
USURIOUS LOANS
5. [Repealed]
6. [Repealed]
PART IV
DEBT CONCILIATION BOARDS
7. Interpretation
clause (definitions).
8. Setting
up of debt conciliation boards.
9. Application
for settlement between a debtor and his creditors.
10. Verification
of application.
11. Particulars
to be stated in application.
12. Procedure
on receipt of application.
13. Notice
calling upon creditors to submit statements of debts.
14. Procedure
on submission of statements of debts.
15. Board
to attempt amicable settlement.
15-A. Power
of board to adjudicate on genuineness or enforceability of debts.
16. Power
of Board to require attendance of persons and production of documents and to
receive evidence.
17. Registration
and effect of agreement.
18. Dismissal
of application in default.
19. Bar
to successive application.
20. Grant
of certificate by board in respect of debts
Power
of court to disallow costs or interest.
20-A. Decision
of board to be final.
21. Bar
of Civil suits.
22. Bar
of appeal or revision.
23. Power
of board to review its order.
24. Appearance
of party before board by agent or legal practitioner.
25. Bar
to new suits and applications and suspension of pending suits and applications.
26. Extension
of limitation.
27. Members
of boards deemed to be public servants.
28. Power
to make rules.
29. Penalty
for breach of the rules.
PART V
DAMDUPAT
30. [Repealed]
PART VI
DEPOSIT IN COURT
31. [Repealed]
32. [Repealed]
PART VII
REDEMPTION OF MORTGAGES
33. [Repealed]
PART VIII
MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS
OF THE CIVIL LAW
34. [Repealed]
35. [Repealed]
36. [Repealed]
37. [Repealed]
38. [Repealed]
[1][1]The
(Punjab Act VII of
1934)
[8 April 1934]
An Act to provide for the Relief of
Indebtedness in the
WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the
law governing the relations between debtors and creditors;
And
whereas the previous sanction of the Governor-General required under section
80-A (3) of the Government of India Act and the previous sanction of the
Governor required under section 80-C of the said Act have been obtained;
It
is hereby enacted as follow:-
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title, extent and
commencement.— (1)
This Act may be called the Punjab Relief of Indebtedness Act, 1934.
(2) This Part and Parts III, IV, V, VI, VII
and VIII shall extend to the whole of the
(3) This Act shall come into force on such
date[4][4] as the [5][5][Provincial Government]
may, by notification, appoint in this behalf.
2. Interpretation clause
(definitions).— In
this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,
[6][6][(1) “Court” or “
[7][7][(2)] “interest” means rate of interest and
includes the return to be made over and above what was actually lent whether
the same is charged or sought to be recovered specially by way of interest or
otherwise;
[8][8][(3)] “Loan” means a loan whether of money or in
kind, and includes any transaction which is, in the opinion of the court, in
substance a loan.
PART II
INSOLVENCY PROCEDURE
3. and 4. [Amendment
of section 10 of the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920.] [Amendment of section 74
of the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920.] Repealed by the Provincial Insolvency
(
PART III
USURIOUS LOANS
5. and 6. [Amendment
of the Usurious Loans Act, 1918.] [Retrospective effect.] Repealed by the
PART IV
DEBT CONCILIATION BOARDS
7. Interpretation
clause (definitions).— (1) “Debt” includes all liabilities of a debtor in
cash or in kind, secured or unsecured, payable under a decree or order of a
civil court or otherwise, whether mature or not, but shall not include debts
incurred for the purposes of trade, arrears of wages, land revenue or anything
recoverable as an arrear of land revenue, or any debt which is barred by the
law of limitation, or debts due to co-operative banks or to co-operative
societies or to [9][9][* * *] any banking
company registered under the [10][10][* * *] Companies Act,
1913[11][11], [12][12][prior to the first day
of April, 1937, or any bank included in the second Schedule to [13][13][the State Bank of
Pakistan Order, 1948], other than debts transferred to such societies, banks or
banking companies during the pendency of an application under section 9 in
which such debts could be taken into consideration for the purposes of this
Act, or debts transferred to such societies, banks or banking companies on or
after the 2nd day of September, 1938, if in the opinion of the board such
transfer was effected with a view to avoid the operation of this Act].
(2) “Debtor” means a person who owes a debt
and—
(i) who both earns his livelihood mainly by
agriculture, and is either a landowner, or tenant of agricultural land, or a
servant of a landowner, or of a tenant of agricultural land, or
(ii) who earns his livelihood as a village menial
paid in cash or kind for work connected with agriculture, [14][14][or]
[15][15][(iii) whose total assets do not exceed five
thousand rupees:]
Provided
that a member of a tribe, notified as agricultural under the Punjab Alienation
of Land Act, 1900[16][16], shall be presumed to
be a debtor as defined in this section until it is proved that his income from
other sources is greater than his income from agriculture.
Explanation— (i) A debtor shall not
lose his status as such through involuntary unemployment or an account of
incapacity, temporary or permanent, by bodily infirmity or if he is or has been
in service of [17][17][Pakistan’s] Military or
Naval [18][18][or Air] Forces, only on
account of his pay and allowances or pension exceeding his income from
agricultural sources.
(ii) A
debtor shall not lose his status as such by reason of the fact that he makes
income by using his plough cattle for purposes of transport.
(iii) A debtor shall not lose his status as such
only because he does not cultivate with his own hands.
[19][19][* * * * * * * * * * * * *]
(3) “Agriculture”
shall include horticulture and the use of land for any purpose of husbandry
inclusive of the keeping or breeding of livestock, poultry, or bees, and the
growth of fruit, vegetables and the like.
(4) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules
made under this part of the Act.
8. Setting up of debt
conciliation boards.—
(1) (a) The [20][20][Provincial Government] [21][21][or the Board of
Revenue] may for the purpose of amicable settlement between debtors and their
creditors establish debt conciliation boards.
(b) The [22][22][Provincial Government] [23][23][or the Board of
Revenue] shall define the local limits of the area in which a board shall have
jurisdiction.
(c) The [24][24][Provincial Government] [25][25][or the Board of
Revenue] shall determine the pecuniary limits of the jurisdiction of the board,
provided that no board shall have jurisdiction to make a settlement between a
debtor and his creditors if the total debts of the debtor exceed Rs.10,000 or
such larger amount as the [26][26][Provincial Government] [27][27][or the Board of
Revenue] may prescribe for any area.
(d) Such board shall consist of a chairman
and [28][28][one] or more members to
be appointed by the [29][29][Provincial Government] [30][30][or the Board of
Revenue]:
[31][31][Provided that no act
done or proceeding taken by a board under this Act shall be called into
question on the ground merely of the existence of any vacancy in any board.]
(e) The chairman and every member of a board
so established shall be appointed for a term not exceeding three years, but
shall be eligible for re-appointment on the expiry of his term.
(f) The quorum of a board shall be
prescribed by the [32][32][Provincial Government] [33][33][or the Board of
Revenue].
(g) Where the chairman and members of a
board are not unanimous, the opinion of the majority shall prevail, and, if the
board is equally divided, the chairman shall exercise a casting vote.
(2) The
[34][34][Provincial Government] [35][35][or the Board of
Revenue] may cancel the appointment of any member of a board or dissolve any
board.
(3) The [36][36][Provincial Government] [37][37][or the Board of
Revenue] shall notify in the [38][38][official Gazette]—
(a) the
establishment of a board and the appointment of its members; and the board
shall be deemed to have been established and its members appointed from the
date specified in such notification or notifications;
(b) the
cancellation of the appointment of any member of a board; and from the date
specified in such notification the member shall cease to be a member of the board;
(c) the
dissolution of a board; and from the date specified in such notification the
board shall cease to exist.
(4) When a board is dissolved or ceases to
exist otherwise, the [39][39][Provincial Government] [40][40][or the Board of
Revenue] may at any time establish another board within the same local limits
in which the former board had jurisdiction and may declare this board to be the
successor in office of the first board and may confer on it power to dispose of
such applications under section 13(2) and section 23 as the [41][41][Provincial Government] [42][42][or the Board of
Revenue] may direct.
9. Application for
settlement between a debtor and his creditors.— A debtor or any of his creditors may apply to
the board appointed for the area in which debtor resides or holds any land, to
effect a settlement between the debtor and his creditors:
Provided
that no application shall be made if the debtor’s debts exceed ten thousand
rupees or such larger sum as the [43][43][Provincial Government] [44][44][or the Board of Revenue]
may prescribe for any particular area.
10. Verification of
application.— Every
application to a board shall be in writing and be signed by the applicant and
verified in such manner as may be prescribed.
11. Particulars to be stated
in application.—
(1) Every application presented by a debtor to a board shall contain the
following particulars, namely,—
(a) the place where he resides or holds land;
(b) the particulars of all claims against him together with names and
residences of his creditors;
(c) the particulars of all his property, together
with a specification of the value of such property and the place or places at
which any such property is to be found;
(d) a statement that he is unable to pay his debts, and that they do
not exceed the prescribed amount [45][45][;]
[46][46][(e) a statement whether he has previously filed
an application in respect of the same debt before the same or another board,
and if so, with what result.]
(2) Every application presented by a
creditor shall contain the following particulars, namely,—
(a) the
place where the debtor resides or holds land;
(b) the amount and particulars of his claim
against such debtor;
(c) a
statement that the debtor is unable to pay his debts.
12. Procedure on receipt of
application.— (1)
On receipt of an application under section 9 the board shall pass an order
fixing a date and place for hearing the application:
Provided
that the board may at any time dismiss the application if, for reasons to be
stated in writing, it does not consider it desirable to attempt to effect a
settlement between the debtor and the creditors.
(2) Notice of the order under sub-section
(1) shall be sent to creditors by registered post, acknowledgement due, and
where the debtor is not the applicant, notice of the order under sub-section
(1) shall be sent to him in a similar manner.
13. Notice calling upon
creditors to submit statements of debts.— (1) On the date fixed the board shall publish,
in such manner as may be prescribed, a notice, calling upon every creditor of
the debtor to submit a statement of debts owed to such creditor by the debtor.
Such statement shall be submitted to the board in writing within two months
from the date of publication of the notice:
Provided that, if the board is
satisfied that any creditor was, for good and sufficient cause, unable to
comply with such direction [47][47][or to produce the
documents required under sub-section (1) of section 14] within the time fixed,
it may extend the period for the submission of his statement of the debts owed
to him [48][48][or for the production
of such documents].
[49][49][(2) Every debt owed to a single creditor of
which no such statement has been submitted to the board in compliance with the
provisions of sub-section (1) shall be deemed to be duly discharged for all
purposes and all occasions against such creditor; and every debt owed to two or
more creditors jointly, of which such statement or statements signed by all
such creditors or their recognised agents has or have not been so submitted,
shall be deemed to be so discharged against such creditors as have failed to
submit the said statement or statements, but only to the extent of their
respective shares in the said debt:
Provided
that no such debts shall be deemed to be discharged against any creditors whose
names have not been included in the application made under section 9.]
[50][50][(3) If the creditor or any of the joint
creditors fails without sufficient cause to be present in person or by his
recognised agent or legal practitioner in accordance with the provisions of
section 24 at any of the hearings fixed by the board, or fails to produce full
particulars and documents as required under sub-section (1) of section 14, the
debt due to him or to the joint creditors, as the case may be, shall be deemed
for all purposes and all occasions to have been fully discharged.
(4) If
any creditor proves to the satisfaction of the board or, if no board is vested
with jurisdiction by the Provincial Government [51][51][or the Board of
Revenue], to the satisfaction of a civil court, that the notice was not served
on him and that he had no knowledge of its publication or that he was
unavoidably absent at any of the hearings fixed by the board, the board or the
court, as the case may be, may revive that debt.]
14. Procedure on submission
of statements of debts.— (1) Every creditor submitting in compliance with a notice issued under
sub-section (1) of section 13 a statement of the debts owed to him shall
furnish, alongwith such statement, full particulars of all such debts, and
shall at the same time produce all documents (including entries in books of
account) on which he relies to support his claims, together with a true copy of
every such document:
Provided
that a decree or order of a civil court shall be conclusive evidence as to the
amount of the debt to which the decree relates, but the amount may be reduced
as the result of an agreement arrived at in accordance with section 17.
(2) The board shall, after marking for the
purpose of identification every original document so produced and verifying the
correctness of the copy, retain the copy and return the original to the
creditor.
15. Board to attempt amicable
settlement.— The
board shall call upon the debtor and each creditor to explain his case
regarding each debt, and shall use its best endeavors to induce them to arrive
at an amicable settlement.
[52][52][15-A. Power of board to adjudicate on genuineness or enforceability
of debts.— (1) If a
creditor or debtor, as the case may be, challenges the genuineness or enforceability
of any debt included in an application, the board shall adjudicate upon the
issue.
(2) Any
person aggrieved by a decision of the board under sub-section (1) may appeal
therefrom to the Collector or such other officer, not below the rank of an
Assistant Collector of the first grade, as the Provincial Government [53][53][or the Board of
Revenue] may appoint in this behalf [54][54][:]
[55][55][Provided that no order
under subsection (2) shall be passed without giving the parties an opportunity
of being heard.]
(3) The period of limitation for an appeal
under this section shall run from the date of the order appealed against and
shall be thirty days.
(4) An appeal shall not lie from an order
refusing to review or confirming on review a previous order.
(5) Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore
contained, no appeal or application for revision shall lie against a decision
of the board under sub-section (1) unless the aggregate value of the items in
regard to which the appeal is preferred exceeds two thousand rupees.
(6) No order passed under this section shall
be open to question in a civil court.]
16. Power of Board to require
attendance of persons and production of documents and to receive evidence.— Any board empowered under this Act
may exercise all such powers connected with the summoning and examining of
parties and witnesses and with the production of documents as are conferred on
civil courts by the Code of Civil Procedure[56][56], and every proceeding
before the board shall be deemed a judicial proceeding.
17. Registration
and effect of agreement.— (1) If the debtor and all or any of the
creditors come to an amicable settlement, the board shall forthwith reduce such
settlement to writing in the form of an agreement setting forth the amounts
payable to each creditor and the manner in which and the times at which they
are to be paid. Such agreement shall be read out and explained to the parties
concerned, and shall be signed or otherwise authenticated by the board and the
parties: provided that if the board is of the opinion that the period fixed for
payment is excessive, the board may refuse to authenticate the agreement. The
board shall also pass an order dismissing the application so far as it relates
to the creditors who have not come to an amicable settlement.
(2) An
agreement thus made shall take effect as if it were a decree of a civil court
having jurisdiction in the area of the jurisdiction of the board.
[57][57][(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in the [58][58][* * *] Registration
Act, 1908, or in the rules made thereunder an agreement made under sub-section
(1) shall not be liable to registration.]
18. Dismissal of application
in default.— If in
the opinion of the board any applicant fails to conduct his application with
due diligence, the board may dismiss the application at any stage.
19. Bar
to successive application.— If once an application has been made by a
debtor and disposed of, no board shall entertain a second application within
two years of the date of disposal of the first application.
20. Grant
of certificate by board in respect of debts.— (1) Where, during the
hearing of any application made under section 9, any creditor refuses to agree
to an amicable settlement, the board may, if it is of opinion that the debtor
has made such creditor a fair offer which the creditor ought reasonably to
accept, grant the debtor a certificate, in such form as may be prescribed, in
respect of the debts owed by him to such creditor.
[59][59][* * * * * * * * * * * * *]
(2) Power of court to disallow costs or interest.—
Where any creditor sues [60][60][or takes out execution
proceedings] in a civil court for the recovery of a debt in respect of which a
certificate has been granted under sub-section (1), the court notwithstanding
the provisions of any law for the time being in force, shall not allow the
plaintiff any costs in such suit, [61][61][or proceedings] or any
interest on the debt after the date of certification under sub-section (1) [62][62][* * *].
(3) Where after the date of an agreement
made in accordance with section 17 or of certification any unsecured creditor
sues for the recovery of a debt in respect of which a certificate has been
granted under sub-section (1) or any creditor sues for the recovery of a debt
incurred after the date of such agreement, any decree passed in such suit
notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908[63][63], shall not be executed
until six months after the expiry of the period fixed in the agreement
authenticated under sub-section (1) of section 17.
[64][64][(4) Where after the date of an agreement
made in accordance with section 17 or of certification any unsecured creditor
applies for the execution of a decree in respect of which a certificate has
been granted under sub-section (1), the said decree notwithstanding anything
contained in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908[65][65], shall not be executed until six months after the
expiry of the period fixed in the agreement authenticated under sub-section (1)
of section 17.]
[66][66][20-A. Decision of board to be final.— If any question arises in any proceedings
under this part of the Act whether a loan or liability is a debt or not or
whether a person is a debtor or not, the decision of the debt conciliation
board shall be final, and shall not be called into question in any court.]
21. Bar of Civil suits.— [67][67][Save as otherwise
provided in this Act] no civil court shall entertain—
(a) any
suit, [68][68][appeal or application
for revision],—
(i) to question the validity of any procedure or
the legality of any [69][69][order or agreement made
or certificate issued] under this Act, or
(ii) to recover any debt recorded as wholly or
partly payable under an agreement made in accordance with section 17 from any
person who, as a debtor, was party to such agreement, or
(iii) to recover any debt which has been deemed to
have been duly discharged under [70][70][the provisions of this
Act];
(b) any application to execute a decree the execution of which is
suspended under [71][71][sub-section (3) or (4)]
of section 20.
[72][72][(c) any suit for a declaration, or any suit or
application for injunction, affecting any proceedings under this Act before a
board.]
22. Bar of appeal or
revision.— [73][73][Save as otherwise
expressly provided in this Act] no appeal or application for revision shall lie
against any order passed by a board.
23. Power of board to review
its order.— A board
may, on the application from any person interested, review any order passed by
it and pass such order as it thinks fit:
Provided
that it shall not under this section pass an order reversing or modifying any
order affecting any person interested without giving such person an opportunity
of being heard:
Provided
further that no application for review shall be entertained if presented more
than twelve months after the date of the order which the person interested
seeks to have reviewed.
24. Appearance of party
before board by agent or legal practitioner.— In any proceedings under this part of the Act,
any party may [74][74][* * *] be represented
by an agent authorised in writing or [75][75][with the permission of
the board] by a legal practitioner.
25. Bar to new suits and
applications and suspension of pending suits and applications.— [76][76][(1)] When an
application has been made to a board under section 9 [77][77][or section 23] no civil
court shall entertain any new suit or other proceeding brought for the recovery
of any debt [78][78][covered by
application], and any suit or other proceeding pending before a civil court in
respect of any such debt shall be suspended until the board has dismissed the
application or an agreement has been made under section 17.
[79][79][(2) When any execution proceeding pending
before a civil court is suspended under sub-section (1), and any animal has
been attached and made over to Supardar
in connection with such proceeding, the judgement-debtor shall be entitled to
the return of such animal but shall not be competent to sell or in any way part
with the ownership of any animal so attached during the suspension of such
proceeding; and if the judgment-debtor has been committed to a civil prison in
connection with such proceedings, he shall be released forthwith.]
26. Extension of limitation.— The time spent in proceedings
before a conciliation board and time during which a person is debarred from
suing or executing his decree under the provisions of this Part of this Act
shall be excluded when counting the period of limitation for any application,
suit or appeal.
27. Members of boards deemed
to be public servants.— The members of a board shall be deemed to be public servants within the
meaning of the [80][80][
28. Power to make rules.— (1) The [82][82][Provincial Government]
may make any rules consistent with this Part of this Act to carry out the
purpose thereof, and in particular and without prejudice to the generality of
the foregoing power may make rules—
(a) prescribing the amount of debt for the purposes of section 8(1)(c);
(b) prescribing the quorum for and regulating the procedure before a
board;
(c) prescribing the charges to be made by a board for anything done
under this Act and the persons by whom and the manner in which such charges
shall be paid;
(d) prescribing the records to be kept and the returns to be made by a
board;
(e) prescribing the allowances to be paid to members of a board;
[83][83][(ee) prescribing the particulars of debts under
sub-section (1) of section 14];
(f) prescribing the place at which and the manner
in which an agreement shall be registered;
(g) prescribing the form of certificate to be granted under sub-section
(1) of section 20; and
(h) generally, for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions
of this Part of this Act.
(2) The power conferred by this section of
making rules is subject to the condition that the rules be made after previous
publication.
29. Penalty for breach of the
rules.— In making
any rule the [84][84][Provincial Government]
may direct that a breach thereof shall be punishable with fine which may extend
to fifty rupees, and, where the breach is a continuing one, with further fine
which may extend to ten rupees for every day after the first, during which the
breach continues.
PART V
DAMDUPAT
30. (Damdupat)
Repealed by the
PART VI
DEPOSIT IN COURT
31 and 32. Deposit
in court.— [Deposit in court] [Power of
Provincial Government to make rules]. Repealed by the
PART VII
REDEMPTION OF MORTGAGES
33. [Amendment
of section 1(3)(a) of the Redemption of Mortgages (
PART VIII
MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS OF THE
CIVIL LAW
34 to 36. [Immunity from
arrest. Amendment of section 60 (1)(c) of the Code of Civil procedure, 1908.
Amendment or Order XXI, rule 2, of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908]. Repealed
by the
37 and 38. [Penalty
for false claim of a principal sum. Penalty for documents containing false
entries]. Repealed by the
[1][1]For statement of objects and
reasons, see the Punjab Gazette, 1934, Extraordinary, pages 23-24; for Report of the
Select Committee, see ibid., 1934,
Part V, pages 23-27; for Proceedings in Council, see the Punjab Legislative
Council Debates, Volume XXV, pages 2480, 1068-1069; 80-106; 184-213; 318-363;
667-692; 862-984; 986-1018; 1023-1127; 1155-1182; 1191-1216; 1363-1396.
This Act received the assent of the Governor of the
[2][2]Substituted, for the words
“Local Government”, by the Government of
[3][3]Inserted by the
[4][4]Came into force on 19th
April, 1935, vide Notification No.
1639 (Home Department), dated: 18th April, 1935.
[5][5]Substituted, for the words
“Local Government”, by the Government of
[6][6]Inserted by the Punjab Relief
of Indebtedness (Amendment) Act, 1940 (XII of 1940), section 2(b).
[7][7]The original clauses (1) and
(2), re-numbered as clauses (2) and (3), ibid.,
section 2(a).
[8][8]Ibid.
[9][9]The words, “the Imperial Bank
of
[10][10]The word “Indian” omitted ibid.
[11][11]VII of 1913.
[12][12]Substituted, for the words
“or the law relating to companies for the time being in force in
[13][13]Substituted, for the words
“the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934”, by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation, Revision
and Repeal) Act, 1954 (XV of 1955), section 2, Schedule I, Part II.
[14][14]Added by
the Punjab Relief of Indebtedness (Amendment) Act, 1940 (XII of 1940), section
4.
[15][15]Inserted ibid.
[16][16]XII of 1900.
[17][17]Substituted, for the words
“His Majesty’s”, by West Pakistan Laws (Adaptation) Order 1964, section 2(1)
Schedule Pt. II.
[18][18]Inserted
by the Punjab Relief of Indebtedness (Amendment) Act, 1940 (XII of 1940),
section 4.
[19][19]The words “if any question
arises in proceedings under this Part of the Act, whether a person is a debtor
or not, the decision of the debt conciliation board shall be final”, omitted by
the Punjab Relief of Indebtedness (Amendment) Act, 1942 (VI of 1942), section
2.
[20][20]Substituted, for the words
“Local Government”, by the Government of
[21][21]Inserted by the
[22][22]Substituted, for the words
“Local Government”, by the Government of
[23][23]Inserted by the
[24][24]Substituted, for the words
“Local Government”, by the Government of
[25][25]Inserted by the
[26][26]Substituted, for the words “Local
Government”, by the Government of
[27][27]Inserted by the
[28][28]Substituted, for the word
“two”, by the Punjab Relief of Indebtedness (Amendment) Act, 1942 (VI of 1942),
section 3.
[29][29]Substituted, for the words
“Local Government”, by the Government of
[30][30]Inserted by the
[31][31]Added by the
[32][32]Substituted, for the words
“Local Government”, by the Government of
[33][33]Inserted by the
[34][34]Substituted, for the words
“Local Government:, by the Government of
[35][35]Inserted by the
[36][36]Substituted, for the words
“Local Government”, by the Government of
[37][37]Inserted by the
[38][38]Substituted, for the word
“Gazette”, by the Government of
[39][39]Substituted, for the words
“Local Government”, by the Government of
[40][40]Inserted by the
[41][41]Substituted, for the words
“Local Government”, by the Government of
[42][42]Inserted by the
[43][43]Substituted, for the words
“Local Government”, by the Government of
[44][44]Inserted by the
[45][45]The full
stop was replaced by ‘the colon’ by the Punjab Relief of Indebtedness (Amendment) Act,
1942 (VI of 1942).
[46][46]Added ibid.
[47][47]Inserted
by the Punjab Relief of Indebtedness (Amendment) Act, 1940 (XII of 1940),
section 5.
[48][48]Added ibid.
[49][49]Substituted ibid.
[50][50]Added ibid.
[51][51]Inserted by the
[52][52]Inserted
by the Punjab Relief of Indebtedness (Amendment) Act, 1940 (XII of 1940),
section 6.
[53][53]Inserted by the
[54][54]Replaced for full-stop by the
Punjab Relief of Indebtedness (Amendment) Ordinance, 1985 (XIII of 1985).
[55][55]Added ibid.
[56][56]V of 1908.
[57][57]Added by
the Punjab Relief of Indebtedness (Amendment) Act, 1940 (XII of 1940), section
7.
[58][58]The word, “Indian”, omitted
by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation, Revision and Repeal) Act, 1954 (XV of 1955),
section 2, Schedule I; Part II.
[59][59]The proviso, omitted by the
Punjab Relief of Indebtedness (Amendment) Act, 1940 (XII of 1940), section 8.
[60][60]Inserted, ibid.
[61][61]Ibid.
[62][62]The words “in excess of
simple interest at six per centum per annum on the amount due on the date of
such certificate”, omitted, ibid.
[63][63]V of 1908.
[64][64]Added by the
[65][65]V of 1908.
[66][66]Inserted by the
[67][67]Inserted by the
[68][68]Ibid.
[69][69]Substituted, ibid., for the words “agreement made”.
[70][70]Substituted, ibid., for the words “sub-section (2) of
section 13”.
[71][71]Substituted by the Punjab
Relief of Indebtedness (Amendment) Act, 1940 (XII of 1940), for the words,
“sub-section (3)”.
[72][72]Added ibid., section 9.
[73][73]Inserted ibid.
[74][74]The words “with the
permission of the board”, omitted, ibid.
[75][75]Inserted, ibid.
[76][76]Section 25, re-numbered as
sub-section (1) of that section, ibid.
[77][77]Inserted ibid.
[78][78]Substituted, ibid., for the words “for the settlement
of which application has been made to the board”.
[79][79]Added by the
[80][80]Substituted, for the word
“Indian”, by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation, Revision and Repeal) Act, 1954 (XV of
1955), section 2, Schedule I, Part II.
[81][81]XLV of 1860.
[82][82]Substituted, for the words
“Local Government”, by the Government of
[83][83]Inserted
by the Punjab Relief of Indebtedness (Amendment) Act, 1940 (XII of 1940),
section 13.
[84][84]Substituted, for the words
“Local Government”, by the Government of
Punjab Relief of Indebtedness Ordinance, 1960
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