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In computing the period of 'limitation or limit Of of time prescribed for a suit for the recovery of a debt or , an application for the execution of a decree passed in such suit, the time during which the institution of the suit suit or the making of the application was barred by section 4, or during which the plaintiff or his predecessor- in-title, believing in good faith that section 4 applied to such suit or such application, refrained from instituting the suit or making the application, shall be excluded. Explanation.-'Good faith' shall have the meaning assigned to it in section 3 (22) of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (Central Act X of 1897). 1