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No. 339] CHENNAI, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2026 Aadi 19, Parabhava, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2057
Part II—Section 2
Notifications or Orders of interest to a Section of the public
issued by Secretariat Departments.
NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT
HOME DEPARTMENT
(Police-XIII)
EXTENTION OF THE TAMIL NADU MONEY LENDING ENTITIES (PREVENTION OF COERCIVE ACTIONS) (REMOVAL OF DIFFICULTIES) ORDER, 2026 UDER THE TAMIL NADU MONEY LENDING ENTITIES (PREVENTION OF COERCIVE ACTIONS) ACT, 2025
[G.O. Ms. No.254, Home (Police-XIII), 4th August 2026, ஆடி 19, பராபவ, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு-2057.] No. II(2)/HO/602(b)/2026.
WHEREAS, the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Tamil Nadu Money Lending Entities (Prevention of Coercive Actions) Act, 2025 (Tamil Nadu Act 40 of 2025) (hereinafter referred to as "the said Act") provides that every money lending entity functioning in the State as on the date of the commencement of the said Act, shall, within ninety days from the date of commencement of the said Act, obtain a Certificate of Registration from the Registering Authority under the said Act.
AND WHEREAS, sub-section (2) of section 5 of the said Act provides that every application for registration of money lending entity shall be submitted through the online portal as may be notified by the Government, in such electronic form, along with such documents and fees as may be prescribed.
AND WHEREAS, the said Act and the rules made thereunder were brought into force on 19th November, 2025. The Government have notified the online portal under sub-section (2) of section 5 of the said Act in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary dated the 27th February 2026.
AND WHEREAS, due to the delay in creation of online portal, the Government could not notify the said online portal on the date on which the said Act and the rules came into force and as a result, difficulties have arisen in giving effect to the provisions of the said section.
2 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARYNOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 31 of the Tamil Nadu Money Lending Entities (Prevention of Coercive Actions) Act, 2025 (Tamil Nadu Act 40 of 2025), the Governor of Tamil Nadu, hereby makes the following Order, to remove the difficulties, namely:-
1. Short title.- This Order may be called the Tamil Nadu Money Lending Entities (Prevention of Coercive Actions) Removal of Difficulties Order, 2026.
2. In the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 5 of the said Act, for the expression "ninety days", the expression "two hundred and seventy days" shall be substituted.
K. MANIVASAN, Additional Chief Secretary to Government.