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Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, in every suit relating to a loan: (1) the Court shall frame and decide the issues whether the money-lender is a money-lender as defined in sub- section (7) of section 2, and whether he has complied with the provisions of section 3 and of clauses (a) and (b) of sub- section (1) of section 5 and sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 6; (2) if it is proved that the plaintiff is a money-lender as defined in sub-section (7) of section 2, but does not hold a