20-A. [ (1) Notwithstanding anything in this Act or any order passed in any proceedings under this Act —
(i) any application which was dismissed solely on one of the grounds mentioned in sub-section (6) of section 4 shall be restored and any application which was dismissed solely on the ground of some defect shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of subsection (5) of section 4 ;
(ii) any proceedings in review to which the provisions of clause (a) or clause (b) or sub-section (1) of section 7 apply and which was stayed or dismissed shall be restored ;
(iii) any suit or proceeding to which the provisions of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 7 apply and which was dismissed shall be deemed to have been stayed under the provisions of clause (a) of that sub-section ;
(iv) if in the determination of any claim under the provisions of section 14 any interest has not been treated as principal solely on the
ground that it was converted into principal on December 31,1916, or on the ground that it was converted into principal on or before December 31, 1916, in accordance with an express term in the original contract the amount due under such claim shall be re-determined in accordance with the provisions of this Act ;
(v) any order passed otherwise than in accordance with the proviso to sub-section (7) of section 14 shall be cancelled.
(2) Notwithstanding anything in sub-section (1) no amount shall be re-determined under the provisions of clause (iv) of that sub-section and no order shall be cancelled under the provisions of clause (v) thereof if the decrees have been sent to the Collector under the provisions of section 19 except on an application made to the Special Judge before the thirtieth day of November, 1939.]