(1) If the debenture is torn, illegible or falsified, stolen, lost, or destroyed in any way, the owner concerned shall submit a certificate to the department directly or through any office of the bank or a licensed bank or financial institution or market maker. For a copy, an application should be made with the following details along with a fee of Rs.200 per bond:-
(a) Name of debenture holder,
(b) the name, serial number and amount of the debenture,
(c) date and place of last interest payment,
(d) Confession that he did not transfer names to others or that he did not hold a mortgage in any institution,
(e) a letter from the police office certifying the lost, stolen or destroyed property, and
(f) If the deed is illegible or has been falsified or torn, it includes all remaining parts thereof.
(2) If an application is received as per sub-rule (1), the department shall once in every three months include all the applications received within that period and publish the complete details regarding such bond in a national level daily newspaper, if anyone has a right to do so, it shall publish a notice giving a deadline of thirty-five days to file a complaint. But if an owner agrees to bear all the expenses incurred in publishing the notice, the bank may publish the notice even three months in advance.

(2A) For the purpose of publishing the notice according to sub-rule (2), the owner shall pay the following amount to the bank:-
(a) Two hundred rupees for debentures up to twenty thousand rupees,

(b) One thousand five hundred rupees for debentures above twenty thousand rupees up to fifty thousand rupees,
(c) three thousand rupees for debentures exceeding fifty thousand rupees up to one lakh rupees,
(d) six thousand rupees for debentures above one lakh rupees up to five lakh rupees,
(e) Fifteen thousand rupees regardless of the amount of the debenture from five lakh rupees. He has to pay the required amount to the bank according to sub-rule (2A).No.
(3) If no complaint is filed within thirty-five days from the date of publication of the notice in accordance with sub-rule (2), the department shall give a certified copy of such bond to the applicant after a period of one hundred and eighty days has elapsed from the date of expiry of that period. But,–
(a) In the case of a treasury bill with a period of less than one year, if no one complains within thirty five days, the applicant shall be given a certified copy of such treasury bill within one month after the expiry of the payment period of the treasury bill.
(b) In the case of stock debentures, the department may give a certified copy of such stock debentures within one month after making necessary checks and if deemed necessary.
(4) Notwithstanding anything written elsewhere in this rule, if the owner of a promissory note makes an application to the department along with a fee of two hundred rupees per certificate to get a copy of the promissory note, the department shall give him a copy of such promissory note:-
(a) if there is no place left to be deposited in the promissory note, or
(b) If the name of the payee is not clear as the table is unclear or incomprehensible.