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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Hire Purchase Act, 1972

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/133669

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About this act

Hire Purchase Act, 1972 (1972) is Central state legislation published on SooperKanoon in full. Use this page to read the bare act and jump to judgments that cite it.

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Act Text

Preamble1 - Hire Purchase Act, 1972
Section1 - SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT
Section2 - DEFINITIONS In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,
Section3 - HIRE--PURCHASE AGREEMENTS TO BE IN WRITING AND SIGNED BY PARTIES THERETO
Section4 - CONTENTS OF HIRE--PURCHASE AGREEMENTS
Section5 - TWO OR MORE AGREEMENTS WHEN TREATED AS A SINGLE HIRE"PURCHASE AGREEMENT Where by virtue of two or more agreements in
Section6 - WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS TO BE IMPLIED IN HIRE"PURCHASE AGREEMENTS
Section7 - LIMITATION ON HIRE--PURCHASE CHARGES
Section8 - PASSING OF PROPERTY Subject to the provisions of this Act, the property in the goods to which a hire-purchase agreement
Section9 - RIGHT OF HIRER TO PURCHASE AT ANY TIME WITH REBATE
Section10 - RIGHT OF HIRER TO TERMINATE AGREEMENT AT ANY TIME
Section11 - RIGHT OF HIRER TO APPROPRIATE PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF TWO OR MORE AGREEMENTS A hirer who is liable to make payments in
Section12 - ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSMISSION OF HIRER'S RIGHT OR INTEREST UNDER HIRE--PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Section13 - OBLIGATIONS OF HIRER TO COMPLY WITH AGREEMENT Subject to the provisions of this Act, a hirer shall be bound
Section14 - OBLIGATION OF HIRER IN RESPECT OF CARE TO BE TAKEN OF GOODS
Section15 - OBLIGATION OF HIRER IN RESPECT OF USE OF GOODS If the hirer makes any use of the goods to which the hire-purchase
Section16 - OBLIGATION OF HIRER TO GIVE INFORMATION AS TO WHEREABOUTS OF GOODS
Section17 - RIGHTS OF HIRER IN CASE OF SEIZURE OF GOODS BY OWNER
Section18 - RIGHTS OF OWNER TO TERMINATE HIRE--PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR DEFAULT IN PAYMENT OF HIRE OR UNAUTHORISED ACT OR BREACH OF
Section19 - RIGHTS OF OWNER ON TERMINATION Where a hire-purchase agreement is terminated under this Act, then the owner shall be
Section20 - RESTRICTION ON OWNER'S RIGHT TO RECOVER POSSESSION OF GOODS OTHERWISE THAN THROUGH COURT
Section21 - RELIEF AGAINST TERMINATION FOR NON --PAYMENT OF HIRE Where the owner, after he has terminated the hire-purchase
Section22 - RELIEF AGAINST TERMINATION FOR UNAUTHORISED ACT OR BREACH OF EXPRESS CONDITION Where a hire-purchase agreement has been
Section23 - OBLIGATION OF OWNER TO SUPPLY COPIES AND INFORMATION
Section24 - DISCHARGE OF PRICE OTHERWISE THAN BY PAYMENT OF MONEY Where an owner has agreed that any part of the hire-purchase
Section25 - INSOLVENCY OF HIRER, ETC
Section26 - SUCCESSIVE HIRE--PURCHASE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN SAME PARTIES Where goods have been let under a hire-purchase agreement,
Section27 - EVIDENCE OF ADVERSE DETENTION IN SUIT OR APPLICATION TO RECOVER POSSESSION OF GOODS
Section28 - HIRER'S REFUSAL TO SURRENDER GOODS NOT TO BE CONVERSION IN CERTAIN CASES. If, during the subsistence of any restriction
Section29 - SERVICE OF NOTICE Any notice required or authorised to be served on or given, to an owner or a hirer under this Act may
Section30 - POWER TO EXEMPT FROM PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 6, 9, 10, 12 AND 17 IN CERTAIN CASES Where the Central Government is
Section31 - ACT NOT TO APPLY TO EXISTING AGREEMENTS This Act shall not apply in relation to any hire-purchase agreement made before

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What is the Hire Purchase Act, 1972?

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