The Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act, 1993 – Bare Act

The Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act, 1993

Chapter-I Preliminary

Section-1 Short title extent commencement and application

Section-2 Definitions

Chapter-II Establishment of Tribunal and Appellate Tribunal

Section-3 Establishment of Tribunal

Section-4 Composition of Tribunal

Section-5 Qualifications for appointment as Presiding Officer

Section-6 Term of office of Presiding Officer

Section-6A Qualifications terms and conditions of service of Presiding Officer

Section-7 Staff of Tribunal

Section-8 Establishment of Appellate Tribunal

Section-9 Composition of Appellate Tribunal

Section-10 Qualifications for appointment as the Chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal

Section-11 Term of office of Chairperson of Appellate Tribunal

Section-12 Staff of the Appellate Tribunal

Section-13 Salary and allowances and other terms and conditions of service of Presiding Officers

Section-14 Filling up of vacancies

Section-15 Resignation and removal

Section-15A Qualifications terms and conditions of service of Chairperson

Section-16 Orders constituting Tribunal or an Appellate Tribunal to be final and not to invalidate its proceedings

Chapter-III Jurisdiction, Powers and Authority of Tribunals

Section-17 Jurisdiction powers and authority of Tribunals

Section-17A Power of Chairperson of Appellate Tribunal

Section-18 Bar of jurisdiction

Chapter-IV Procedure of Tribunals

Section-19 Application to the Tribunal

Section-19A Filing of recovery applications documents and written statements in electronic form

Section-20 Appeal to the Appellate Tribunal

Section-21 Deposit of amount of debt due on filing appeal

Section-22 Procedure and powers of the Tribunal and the Appellate Tribunal

Section-22A Uniform procedure for conduct of proceedings

Section-23 Right to legal representation and Presenting Officers

Section-24 Limitation

Chapter-V Recovery of Debt determined by Tribunal

Section-25 Modes of recovery of debts

Section-26 Validity of certificate and amendment thereof

Section-27 Stay of proceedings under certificate and amendment or  withdrawal thereof

Section-28 Other modes of recovery

Section-29 Application of certain provisions of Income-tax Act

Section-30 Appeal against the order of Recovery Officer

Section-30A Deposit of amount of debt due for filing appeal against orders of the Recovery Officer

Chapter-VI Miscellaneous

Section-31 Transfer of pending cases

Section-31A Power of Tribunal to issue certificate of recovery in case of decree or order

Section-31B Priority to secured creditors

Section-32 Chairperson Presiding Officer and staff of Appellate Tribunal and Tribunal to be public servants

Section-33 Protection of action taken in good faith

Section-34 Act to have overriding effect

Section-35 Power to remove difficulties

Section-36 Power to make rules

Section-37 Repeal and saving

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