Section 3
(1) NO suit for recovery of a debt shall be instituted, Bar pf suits ant'
3. (1) NO suit for recovery of a debt shall be instituted, Bar pf suits ant'
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and no .application for execution of a decree in respect of a a~pbation* debt shall be made, againsf any agriculturist in any civil or revenue Court before the expiry of four months from the
f hi . .commencement of this Act.
Explanatio~z I.-Where a debt is payable by an agriculturist jointly or jointly'and severally with a iion-agricul-
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turist, no suit or application of the nature mentidnrd in this sub-section shall be instituted or made either against the ~ non-agriculturist . o or against the agriculturist before the expiry of the period mentioned in this sub-section.
Explanation 11.--For the purposes ol' this Act, a .suit in which a decree in respect of a debt is prayed for shall bk deemed to be a suit for the recoveEy of a debt notwithstanding that other ieliefs are prayed for in such suit and a decree,
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shal! be deemed to be a decree in respect of a debt notwithstanding that o~&reliefs are granted in such decree :
Provided that a suit for possession of land shall not be deemed to be a suit for recovery of a debt by reason meiely of mesne profits being also prayed for in such suit :
Psovided further thai nothing contained in this s~ction shall apply to any portion of a decre. other than that relating to a debt.
(2) Where a cn ditoi files a suit for recovely of a debt during the period specified in sub-sectjon (1) or after ihc a#jicultu~ist has paid or deposited into Co-~rt the sums and
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instalnients specified in sub-section (1) of seclion 4 and duling the p~liod when he is so entitled to pay, the Court
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shall in decreeing the suit direct the plantiff to bear his
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own costs and pay the costs of the defeA1dani who is an agriculturist : '
Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall be a bar to the Court passing any order as to costs as between the plalintiff and other defendants who are not
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-4. (1) Notwi hhstanding any jaw, custom, contract, ' ' or t Of debt. decree of Court tq the contrary, an agticulturist shall be in instalments.
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entitled to pay within four months of the commencement of i ' nts
.\ this Act the interest due on any debt due by him up to the
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commencement of this Act afid one-eighth of the principal
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outstanding or one-fourth of the total amount outstanding, ,i I , ,
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whichever is less, rind the balance of the debt in three equal annual instaln~en~s onor bef~re the 1st July of each of the succeeding three years wit' :l.; ;,t:~,~:e".?!:3 (in such instalment up to that date.
Exp2anatiori.-Ir the case of a decrec, iki: amouilt decreed shall be deemed to be the p~itlsipal.
Whcsc, in respcct of a decree fbr debt passed
In ilily suit fried alter the colnrneizcei~lent of this Act, the Court in decreeing the suit shall provide for the
Where in any suit for the recovery of a debt
Nothing contained in this Act shall bar the Court from passing a decree or making an ordcr in an application
Where in any suit to recover a debt or in any application for the execution of a decrce therefor the debt
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