Section 57(1)(a) in The Maharashtra Agricultural Debtors Relief Act, 1947
(a)if any debtor was owing debts to a creditor in a merged territory on the date on which such territory merged with the [State] [This word was substituted for the word 'Province' by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950.] of Bombay and if the place in which such debtor was ordinarily residing on the said date was outside such territory, such debtor, or