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(1) All further proceedings in suits and applications Stay of proceed- of the nature mentioned in section 3 in which relief is ings. claimed against an agriculturist, not being proceedings for the amendment of pleadings or for the addition, sub- stitution, or the striking off of parties, but otherwise inclusive of proceedings consequent on orders or decrees made in appeals, revision petitions, or applications for review, shall, subject to the next succeeding sub-section, stand stayed until the expiry of a year from the date of the commencement of this Act : 424 Indebted ~griculfur is$ I1975 : T.N. Act 1' (Temporary Re1 ief) Provided that, in regard to property under attachment, the court may pass such orders as it deems necessary for the custody or preservation of the property or for the sale of such property if it is subject to speedy or natural decay, or, if in respect of it, the expenses of custody or preser- vation are considered excessive. (2) On application made by the defendant or the res- pondent or by all the defendants or all the respondents, as the case may be, the stay effected by sub-section (1) in a suit or application shall be dissolved and the suit or application shall be proceeded with from the stage which had been reached when further proceeding in the suit or the application were stayed. Of