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[s. 5 cont.]
Fresh bond to continue to
if original
bond not produced
within six months of
Issue of Duplicate Bonds.
(b) such fresh bond may have a number allotted to it which differs from the number of the bond so lost or destroyed and shall contain such particulars of the bond in place of which it is issued as are reasonably ascertainable and an indorsement bearing the signature of the Accountant General that it is issued pursuant to the provisions of this Ordinance.
(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of subsection (3) a fresh bond issued under this Ordinance shall be deemed, for all purposes to be the bond in place of which it is issued.
(3) Upon the production to the Accountant General of the original bond in place of which a fresh bond has been issued under this Ordinance the latter shall cease to have any validity and shall be delivered up by the owner to the Accountant General for cancellation.
6. Subsection (3) of section 5 shall cease to have any validity application upon the expiration of six months after notification in the Gazette by the Accountant General of his intention to issue a fresh bond under this Ordinance in lieu of a bond issued under either of the relevant Ordinances: Provided that this section shall not apply unless such notification gives such particulars of such lastly mentioned bond as would reasonably enable the holder thereof to identify it.
certain notice.
Circum-stances
7. In any case in which subsection (3) of section 5 has ceased to apply in respect of any bond issued under original bond either of the relevant Ordinances such bond shall be deemed
in which
shall be
deemed to have been
cancelled.
to have been cancelled and shall not confer any right upon the holder thereof or impose any liability on Government.
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