(a)when the spoiled instrument has been for sufficient reasons sent out of [India] [Substituted for the words 'the States' by the Parliament Act No. 43 of 1955, section 2.], the application may be made within, six months after it has been received back in [India] [Substituted for the words 'the states' by the Parliament Act No. 43 of 1955, section 2.];