Amendment of section 26.

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..... , in computing the period of limitation, the period during which the proceeding is stayed by an order or injunction of any court shall be excluded: Provided that where immediately after the exclusion of the aforesaid period, the period of limitation available to the Adjudicating Authority for passing order is less than sixty days, such remaining period shall be deemed to be extended to sixty day .....

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..... 6. Section 24 of the said Act provides that where the Initiating Officer is of the opinion that the person in possession of the property held benami may alienate the property during the period specified in the notice, he may, with the previous approval of the Approving Authority, by order in writing, attach provisionally the property in the manner as may be prescribed, for a period not exceeding .....

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..... ssued. It is also proposed to amend the said section so as to exclude the time on account of stay granted by any court from the period of time provided under sub-section (5) to refer the order passed under sub-section (4) within fifteen days from the date of attachment to the Adjudicating Authority and that if after exclusion of the period of stay if the remaining period is less than seven days, .....

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..... osed new section 54A provides that the person shall pay a penalty of twenty-five thousand rupees for each failure to comply with summons under sub-section (1) of section 19; or to furnish information which he was required to furnish under section 21. Sub-section (2) of the said section provides for the authority who shall impose penalty. Sub-section (3) of the said section provides that no penal .....

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..... ecords or other documents under its signature and stating that it is a true copy of the original entries and that such original entries are contained in the records or other documents in its custody. It is also proposed to amend section 55 of the said Act so as to provide that no prosecution shall be instituted against any person in respect of any offence under sections 3, 53 or section 54 withou .....

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