(a)If only a portion of the note has been lost, stolen, destroyed, mutilated or defaced and if a portion of the note sufficient for its identification has been produced to pay interest and to issue to the applicant on the execution of an indemnity bond such as is hereinafter mentioned a duplicate note in place of that of which a portion has been so lost stolen destroyed mutilated or defaced and on the expiry of such period as the Bank may consider necessary from or immediately after the date of the publication of the said list,