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The Abandoned Buildings (Supplementary Provisions) Ordinance, 1985

( Ordinance NO. LIV OF 1985 )

Extension of period of limitation in certain cases
11. Any person aggrieved by an order or decree passed ex-parte against him by any Court, at any time before the commencement of this Ordinance, may, notwithstanding the expiration of the period of limitation prescribed therefore by or under any law, apply, within 1[one year] from such commencement, to the Court by which the order or decree was passed for an order to set it aside and the provisions of rules 13, 14 and 15 of Order IX of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act V of 1908), shall apply to such application:
 
 
Provided that nothing in this section shall apply where-
 
 
 
 
(i) the order or decree of the Court has been duly executed; or
 
 
 
 
(ii) an appeal or other legal proceeding was preferred or started for setting aside the order or decree before the commencement of this Ordinance.

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    The words “one year” were substituted for the words “ninety days” by section 3 of the Abandoned Buildings (Supplementary Provisions) (Amendment) Ordinance, 1986 (Ordinance No. LXV of 1986).
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