The Money-lenders Act, 1900, is hereby amended:
(a) in section 6 -
(i) by the substitution in paragraph (d) of "the holder of a licence for the time being in force granted under section 9 of the Central Bank Act, 1971, or any person bonĂ¢ fide and otherwise carrying on the business of banking, or" for "any person", and
(ii) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (d):
"(dd) a company to which a certificate has been given by the Minister for Finance under Section 39B of the Finance Act, 1980 (inserted by the Finance Act, 1987), and which has not been revoked; or",
(iii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (e):
"(e) any class or classes of body corporate in respect of which the Minister for Industry and Commerce, by order made from time to time declares that, from such date as he may specify in such order, this Act does not apply; or",
(b) by the insertion of the following section after section 6:
"6A. The date specified for the purposes