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Section 17: Application for determination of debt

The Uttar Pradesh Debt Relief Act, 1977State Act of Uttar Pradesh · Act 4 of 1977

17. (1) A small farmer may, within a period of [two years] from the date of commencement of this Act apply to the Debt Settlement Officer for the area in which such farmer resides or holds any land for determination of his debts.

(2) Unless the small farmer has already made an application under sub-section (1), any of his creditors may like-wise make an application to the same authority to which, and in the manner in which, the small farmer might have applied under that sub-section for the determination of the debt in question.

(3) Every application under this section shall be signed and verified by the applicant in the manner prescribed by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 for signing and verification of plaints :

Provided that in the case of an application under sub-section (2), the creditor shall be bound to verify the contents only in so far as they are known to him

(4) If applications are made to more than one authority in respect of the same debt, such application shall, subject to such rules as may be made in this behalf, be transferred to and dealt with by one authority.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Uttar Pradesh Debt Relief Act, 1977
Section17
Marginal noteApplication for determination of debt
JurisdictionState of Uttar Pradesh
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted. Subs. and be deemed always to have been substituted by section 10 ibid.

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