12. Amendment of section 18.- In section 18 of the principal Act,-- (a) in sub-section (1),-- (i) for the words and figures "under section 17, may prefer an appeal", the words and figures "under section 17, may prefer an appeal along with such fee, as may be prescribed" shall be substituted and shall be deemed to have been substituted with effect from the 21st day of June, 2002; (ii) after sub-section (1), the following proviso shall be inserted and shall be deemed to have been inserted with effect from the 21st day of June, 2002, namely:-- "PROVIDED that different fees may be prescribed for filing an appeal by the borrower or by the person other than the borrower;"; (iii) after the proviso as so inserted, the following provisos shall be inserted, namely:-- "PROVIDED FURTHER that no appeal shall be entertained unless the borrower has deposited with the Appellate Tribunal fifty per cent. of the amount of debt due from him, as claimed by the secured creditors or determined by the Debts Recovery Tribunal, whichever is less: PROVIDED ALSO that the Appellate Tribunal may, for the reasons to be recorded in writing, reduce the amount to not less than twenty-five per cent of debt referred to in the second proviso.". | 
