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Act No. 1956 Section 6

Act No. 1956 Section 6

Section 6

SEC. 6. If any execution be pending against the debtor it shall not be consolidated with this proceeding, but the course thereof shall be suspended before sale of property is made thereunder, provided the debtor makes a request therefor to the court before which the proceeding for suspension of payments is pending, unless the execution be against property especially mortgaged which is hereby exempted from the provisions of this section. The suspension ordered by virtue of this section shall lapse when three months shall have passed without the proposed agreement being accepted by the creditors or as soon as it is denied. No creditor other than those mentioned in section nine shall sue or institute proceedings to collect his claim from the debtor from the moment that suspension of payments is applied for and while the proceedings are pending.

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