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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (1) " debt " means any liability, whether secured or unsecured, iiicorred in a foreign country by a repatriate, 3 whether payable under a contract or decree or an order ' of a court, civil or revenue or otherwise ; \q .A (2) "foreign country" means Burma or Ceylon or such 3 other foreign country as the State Government may, by ; notification, specify, in this behalf ; I (3) " repatriate " means a person of Indian origin who was ordinarily residing in a foreign country, and who, on leaving or being forced to leave, such foreign country,- * For StatemW of Objects and Reasons, see Fort St. Gcorgd G ~ z e t t e Extraordinary, dated the 20th August 1969, Part m- ( ? m ~ t i n n 2 nand 130 . Repatriates (Bar oJ Proset-.i;'pi:r) 699 (a) has returned to India with the intention of rnanentl y residing therein, residing in the State of Tamil Nadu, has been rendered unable to-- (i) occupy, supervise, manage or control his y, if any, in such foreign country, or ' (ii) exercise any profession of calling or to transact iness or to carry on any trade or to hold any ent in such foreign country. . I , j :*. 3 " I_ I 1 be deemed to be of s parents, or any of his of his other aacestors or ancestresses, C ' '3. Notwithstanding anything to the contrar! contained Bar and , custom or contract,- abztement of suits and execution of decrees for debt shall be instituted, rec3very of ' certain d~bts n of a dzcree for debt shall fm,p,t~. in any civil or revenue ates. e commencement of this "(b) every suit for recovery of a debt icstituied, and cvery application for execution of a decree for debt made repatriate, pending befor2 any civil or revenue e date of the coit~mencement of this Act, shall