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No suit for the recovery of a debt shall be instituted, d suits no application for the execution of a decree for payment and applim- of money passed in a sutt for the-recovery of a debt shall tions. be made, and nu suit or applicatlon for the eviction of a tenant on the ground of non-payment of a debt shall be instituted or made, against any agriculturist in any civil or revenue court on and from the date of commencement of this Act and before the explryof 3[two yearsand six months] from the said date. -. I This item was inserted and was deemed always to have bean inserted by section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Debt Relief Laws (Amend. mnr) Act, 1976 (President's Act 46 of 1976). t This item was inserted and was deemd always to have be= insetted by section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Debt Relief Laws (Second Amendment) Act, 1978 (Tamil Nadu Act 27 of 1978). sThese words were substituted for the words "two years" by ~ection 2 (a) of the Tamil Nadu Debt Relief Laws (Amendment) Act, 1978 (Tamil Nadu Act 2 of 1978). The words "two years" were earlier substituted by section 2 (a) of the Tamil Nadu Debt Relief Laws (Second Amendment) Act, 1977 (Tamil Nadu Act 1 of 1977) for the words "one year and six monihs" which in turn were substituted for the words "one year" by section 2 (a) of the Tamil Nadu Debt Relief Laws (Amendment) Act, 1977 (President's Act 3 of 1977). 125-10-35 546 fndebfed ~~riculturtsts /I976 : President9a Act 15 (Temporary Relief) I Explanation I.-' Suit ' does not include a claim to a set-off made in a snit instituted by an agriculturist. Explanation IT.-Where a debt is payable by an agri- culturist jointly or jointly and severally with a non- agriculturist, no suit or application of the nature mentioned in this section shall be instituted or made either against the non-agriculturist or against the agriculturist before the expiry of the period mentioned in this section. Explanation III-A suit shall be deemed to be a suit for the recovery of a debt notwithstanding that other reliefs are prayed for in such suit, and a decree shall be deemed to be a decree for payment of money passcd in such suit notwithstanding that other reliefs are granted By such decree : Provided that a suit for possession of land shall not be deemed to be a suit for recovery of a debt by reason merely of mesne profits being also prayed for in such suit. Btay of