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36 any of the properties described in the Schedule shall be a full discharge to the person or authority making the payment from all liability in respect—of such payment.

6. Issue of duplicate securities.—(1) Where for any reason any of the Government securities described in the Schedule is not in the custody of the Manager in whom it has vested under the provisions of this Act, the Manager may make an application to the Reserve Hank of India for the issue of a duplicate security in lieu thereof.

(5) When an application under sub-section (1) has been made, then, notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time bwing in force, the Reserve Bank of India shall issue a duplicate security to the Manager as if the original security had been lost.

(3) Any duplicate security issued under the provisions of this section shall have the same effect as if it had been issued under section 11 of the Public Debt (Central Government) Act, 1044 (XVIII of 1944).

7. Transfers otherwise than by Manager void.—Any transfer or other disposition of any property described in the Schedule made on or after the 1st day of November, 1947, by any person other than the Manager or without his consent shall be, and ahall always be deemed to have been, void and of no effect.

8. Power to call for information.—(1) Where the Central Government is of opinion that any person is in possession of any property which belongs to the State of Mangrol or the State of Manavadar, it may, by notice in writing, require such person to furnish such information as it may consider necessary for the purpose of determining whether the property is property belonging to the State of Mangrol or the State of Manavadar, as the case may be.

(2) If any person to whom a notice is sent under sub-section (1) fails to comply therewith he shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees or with both.

9. Bar Of jurisdiction of Court—(l) No Court shall have jurisdiction to entertain any civil or criminal proceeding in relation to any of the propertief described in the Schedule or to enforce any liability in respect thereof save at the instance of the Manager.

(5) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the submission to the Central Government by any person other than the Manager of any claim in relation to any such property and the decision of the Central Government on such claim shall be final and shall not he called in question in any Court.

10. Power of the Central Government to add to the Schedule. (1) The Central Government may from time to time, by notification in the official Gazette, amend or alter the Schedule.

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, the Central Government may, by notification as aforesaid, add to the items of property included in Parts I and II of the Schedule any other item which in its opinion represents property belonging to the State of Mangrol or the State of Manavadar, as the case may be, and on the issue of such notification any property specified in the notification shall be deemed to he and always to have been included in Part I or Part II of the Schedule, as the case may be.

11 Bar of legal proceeding.—No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Central Government, the Reserve Bank of India any bank or company mentioned in the Schedule, or the Manager or any other person for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of any of the provisions of this Act.

12. Repeal.—(1) The Mangrol and Manavadar (Administration of Property) Ordinance, 1948 (XXII of 1948), is hereby repealed.