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(1) Notwithstanding anything in section 45 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, when any debenture issued under this Act is payable to two or more persons jointly and either or any of them dies, the debenture shall be payable to the survivor or survivors of those persons. (2) Nothing herein contained shall affect any claim which the representative of the deceased person may have against the survivor or survivors in respect of the debenture jointly payable to him or them and the deceased. (3) This section shall apply whether the death of the person to whom the debenture or security was jointly payable occurred or occurs before or after this section comes into force.