Section 4 — Application for settlement between a debtor and his creditors

Within six months or such or such longer period as the Government may, by notification specify for a particular area, from the date on which a Board is established under section 3, a debtor or any of his creditors shall apply to the Board appointed for the area in which a debtor resides or holds any land to effect settlement between the debtor and his creditors.

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