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Stay orders on warrants by whom to be issued.— When a warrant is issued under section 147, no authority other than the Chief Officer who issued the warrant shall have the power to hold back the execution of the warrant: Provided that the appellate authority to whom an appeal has been preferred under section 164 or the authority to whom a revision application is made under section 166, may issue a stay order if the circumstances of the case so demand, only after the appeal or application for revision is duly admitted, and after recording the reasons for making such order.