ORDER
Wadsworth, J.
1. It is contended that the Act does not apply to the scaling down of debts which have ripened into decrees after the commencement of the Act. I can find no support in the Act for this contention. The defnition of “debt” specifically includes a decree debt and it seems to me clear that a decree debt is none the less a debt because it does not fall within the category for which special provision is made in Section 19.
2. I do not think that the petitioner is entitled to deduct the amount debited for interest at a time when the account was still running with fluctuating balance. When the account closed, there was a definite amount of Rs. 1874-7-0 due and this must be treated as the principal amount and plaintiffs will be entitled to interest thereon at 6¼ per cent from 1st October, 1937 and the decree will be scaled down accordingly.
3. Leave refused.