Where an appeal is preferred by any person from whom the amount of debt is due to a bank or a financial institution or a consortium of banks or financial institutions, such appeal shall not be entertained by the Appellate Tribunal unless such person has deposited with the Appellate Tribunal 1[fifty per cent.] of the amount of debt so due from him as determined by the Tribunal under section 19:

Provided that the Appellate Tribunal may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, 2[reduce the amount to be deposited by such amount which shall not be less than twenty-five per cent. of the amount of such debt so due] to be deposited under this section.1 Subs. by Act 44 of 2016, s. 35, for "seventy-five per cent ". (w.e.f. 1-9-2016). 2 Subs. by s. 35, ibid., for "waive or reduce the amount " (w.e.f. 1-9-2016).