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Liability of Members of Joint Hindu Family for debts contracted before ‘Act not aflected.—Where a debt bmdmg on a Jomt Hmdu Famxly has been contracted before the commence- ment of thlS Act by the Karanavan, Yejman, Manager or Kartha, as the case may be, of the Iamlly, nothing herem con- tained shall affect the llablhty of any member of the famlly to dlscharge any such debt and any such liabllity may be enforced against all or any of the members hable therefor 1n the same manner and to the same extent as 1t would have been emorce- able if thls Act had not been passed