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(I) Ever)' person detained in the civil prison in execution of a certificate may be so detained- (a) where the certificate is for a demand of an amount exceeding Rs. 5,0001-, for a period which may extend from six months to two years. (b) in any other case for a period which may extend to three months. (2) Notwithstanding the provision of sub-section (I) a certificate debtor may be released from detention- (i) on the amount mentioned in the warrant for his detention being paid to the officer in-charge of the civil prison; or (ii) on the certificate being otherwise satisfied, or cancelled; or (iii) on the omission of the PDRO on whose requisition the certificate was filed to pay the subsistence allowance fixed by the Certificate Officer: Provided that the certificate debtor shall not be so released from detention except under an order of the Certificate Officer. (3) A certificate debtor released from detention under clause (iii) of sub-section (2) shall not, merely by reason of his release, be discharged from his debt, but he shall not be liable to be re-arrested and detained in the civil prison in execution of the same certificate. (I) At any time after a warrant for the arrest of a certificate debtor has been issued, the 'Certificate Officer may cancel it on the ground of his serious illness or that he is not in a fit state of health to be detained in the civil prison or on ground of any infections or contagious disease. A certificate debtor released under this section may be re-arrested, but the period of his detention in the civil prison shall not in the aggregate exceed that authorized by sub-section (I) of Section 3 I \ , No suit or other proceeding against any person acting under this Act for the recovery of any public demand shall lie in any civil COUlt,and no injunction shall be granted in respectof any action taken or intended to be taken in pursuance of the provisions of this Act. (I) Nothing in this Act shall affect any interest of the State Government, a Corporation, a Government Company or a bank in any property created by any mortgage, charge, pledge or other encumbrance. (2) Where the property of a certificate debtor is subject to any mortgage, charge, pledge or other encumbrance in favour of the State Government, a Corporation, a Government Company or a bank then-