| 1.
| | This Ordinance may be cited as the Debt Conciliation Ordinance. |
| 2.
| | Establishment and constitution of the Board. [2, 4 of 2019] |
| 3.
| | Conduct of business. |
| 4.
| | Appointment of secretary and other officers and servants. [2,24 of 1964] |
| 6.
| | Remuneration of members of the Board. |
| 7.
| | Establishment of branch boards. [3, 4 of 2019] |
| 8.
| | Constitution of branch boards. [4, 4 of 2019] |
| 9.
| | Conduct of business by branch boards. |
| 10.
| | Remuneration of members of branch boards. [3, 19 of 1978] |
| 11.
| | Delegation of powers by the Board to a branch board. |
| 12.
| | Penalty on member for hearing, considering, &c, application in which he has an interest. |
| 13.
| | Members to be public officers. |
| 14.
| | Application by debtor or creditor. |
| 15.
| | Mode of application. |
| 16.
| | Affidavits. |
| 17.
| | Particulars to be set out in debtor's application. |
| 18.
| | Particulars to be set out in creditor's application. |
| 19.
| | Applications involving matters already the subject of pending actions. |
| 19A.
| | Applications in respect of debts purporting to be secured by conditional transfers of immovable property. [ 2, 5 of 1959] |
| 19B.
| | Prohibition of the sale, alienation,& c, of any immovable property to which an application entertained by the Board in respect of a debt referred to in section 19A relates. |
| 20.
| | Effect of insolvency proceedings on applications to the Board. |
| 21.
| | Matters to be taken into consideration by the Board. |
| 21A.
| | Matters to be considered in deciding whether or not a conditional transfer of immovable property is in reality a mortgage. [ 3, 5 of 1959] |
| 22.
| | Return of application for amendment. |
| 23.
| | Fixing of date for preliminary hearing of application. |
| 24.
| | Preliminary hearing of application. |
| 25.
| | Action where Board decides to attempt to effect a settlement with secured creditor or creditors. |
| 26.
| | Action where Board decides to attempt to effect a settlement with all creditors, secured and unsecured. |
| 27.
| | Action when Board, decides not to attempt to effect a settlement. |
| 28.
| | Hearing of application. |
| 29.
| | Order for issue of certificate failure of creditor to submit a statement of debts or to appear at hearing of application. |
| 30.
| | Amicable settlement. [ 5,40 of 1941] |
| 31.
| | Settlement with secured and unsecured creditors. |
| 32.
| | Dismissal of application and grant of certificate where creditor refuses to agree to reasonable settlement. [ 5, 29 of 1999] |
| 33.
| | Provisions relating to settlements. |
| 34.
| | Appointment of manager or trustee to give effect to settlement. |
| 35.
| | Registration of notice of proceedings under the Ordinance. |
| 36.
| | Rights of secured creditor who is not a party to a settlement unaffected such settlement. |
| 37.
| | Power of Board to decide dispute. |
| 38.
| | Signature of agent to bind debtor or creditor as the case may be. |
| 39.
| | Effect of certificate. [2,43 of 1952] [5,19 of 1978] |
| 40.
| | Effect of settlement. |
| 41.
| | Registration of settlement. |
| 42.
| | Certified copy of settlement to court for a such bank or other institution as the Minister may specify. |
| 43.
| | Application to court for a decree in terms of settlement, and entry of decree nisi. |
| 44.
| | Decree absolute. |
| 45.
| | Reference by court. |
| 46.
| | Procedure on reference by a court. |
| 47.
| | Hearing before Board on reference. |
| 48.
| | Decree to be entered by court in terms of the order, decision or settlement under section 47. |
| 49.
| | Procedure before the Board. |
| 50.
| | Application of certain, provisions of the Civil Procedure Code to proceedings under this Ordinance. |
| 51.
| | Appearance of parties. |
| 52.
| | Exemption of certain documents from stamp duty. |
| 53.
| | Power of Board to state case on question of law for opinion of Court of Appeal. [ 10, 40 of 1941] |
| 54.
| | Power of Board to review its order. [ 2, Law 41 of 1975] |
| 55.
| | Bar against execution of decree. |
| 56.
| | Bar of civil actions. |
| 57.
| | Compliance with provisions of Ordinance not to be an act of insolvency or a fraudulent preference within the meaning of the Insolvency Ordinance. |
| 58.
| | Computation of period of prescription for suits and proceedings. |
| 59.
| | Certified copies of settlements, & c. |
| 60.
| | Evidence of acts of the Board. |
| 61.
| | Ordinance not to apply to debts due to the State and prescribed persons or bodies. |
| 62.
| | Regulations. |
| 63.
| | Date of operation of regulations. [6,19 of 1978] |
| 64.
| | Interpretation. |
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