21Deposit of amount of debt due, on filing appeal

Where an appeal is preferred by any person from whom the amount of debt is due to a bank or a financial institution or a consortium of banks or financial institutions, such appeal shall not be entertained by the Appellate Tribunal unless such person has deposited with the Appellate Tribunal ¹[fifty per cent.] of the amount of debt so due from him as determined by the Tribunal under section 19: Provided that the Appellate Tribunal may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, ²[reduce the amount to be deposited by such amount which shall not be less than twenty-five per cent. of the amount of such debt so due] to be deposited under this section. **Footnotes:** 1 Subs. by Act 44 of 2016, s. 35, for "seventy-five per cent". (w.e.f. 1-9-2016). 2 Subs. by s. 35, ibid., for "waive or reduce the amount" (w.e.f. 1-9-2016).