Section 20

Stay of proceedings on order of Court.

The Public Debt Act, 1944

  • Act 18 of 1944
  • Ministry of Finance
  • Department of Economic Affairs
About this Act

An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Government securities and to the management by the Reserve Bank of India of the public debt of the Government.

All sections
    Where the Bank contemplates making with reference to any Government security any order which it is empowered to make under this Act, and before the order is made the Bank receives from a Court in 1[India] an order to stay the making of such order, the Bank shall either--
         (a) hold the security together with any interest unpaid or accruing thereon until the further orders of the Court are received, or
         (b) apply to the Court to have the security transferred to the Official Trustees appointed for the State in which such Court is situated, pending the dispo sal of the proceedings before the Court.

Notes

1. Subs. by Act 57 of 1956, s. 10, for "a Part A State or a Part C State" (w.e.f. 15-10-1956).

Source: India Code (Legislative Department, Govt. of India). Check the official Gazette before relying on it in court. Not legal advice. Free legal aid: 15100 (NALSA) · Know your rights

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