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The Tam il Nadu Repatriates (Bar of Proceedings) Act, 1969

Act 22 of 1969

Keyword(s):
Debt, Foreign Country, Repatriate

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atriates (Bar of Proceedings) [I969 : T.N. 'Act 22

TAMIL NADU ACT No. 22 OF 1969*..

THE TAMIL NADU REPATRIATES (BAR OF

PROCEEDINGS) ACT, 1969.
[Received the assent of the President on the 29th October
1969, first published in the Fort St. George Gazette
L,,:raordinary, on the 1st November 1969 (Kartika
10, 1891).]

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of d e c r e e ~ nga'vst reputriotes4from ceifnin foreign
countries ~rdinarilyresichg in the State of Tnmil Nadu.
BE it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Tamil Nadu
in the Twentieth Year of the Republic of India as
follows :-
Short title and 1. (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Repatriates
extent. (Bar of Proceedings) Act, 1969.

f *$ (2) It extends :Q the whole of the State of Tamil Nad~

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hfinitiom. 2. 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 ;

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(2) "foreign country" means Burma or Ceylon or such .3A
other foreign country as the State Government may, by ;
notification, specify, in this behalf ;
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(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~zette Extraordinary, dated the 20th August 1969, Part
( ? m ~ t i n n2 n a n d 130
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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

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(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.
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1 be deemed to be of
s parents, or any of his
of his other aacestors or ancestresses,

' '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
n of a dzcree for debt shall certain
fm,p,t~.d ~ b t s
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~mencementof this Act, shall