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(1) Every person detained in the civil prison in execution of a decree
shall be so detained,(a) where the decree is for the payment of a sum of money exceeding1[2[five thousand rupees],
for a period not exceeding three months, and,]3[(b) where the decree is for the payment of a sum of money exceeding two thousand rupees, but
not exceeding five thousand rupees, for a period not exceeding six weeks.]4(1A) For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that no order for detention of the judgmentdebtor in civil prison in execution of a decree for the payment of money shall be made, where the total
amount of the decree does not exceed5[two thousand rupees.](2) A judgment-debtor released from detention under this section shall not merely by reason of his
release be discharged from his debt, but he shall not be liable to be re-arrested under the decree in
execution of which he was detained in the civil prison.
