Preamble1 - THE HIRE-PURCHASE ACT, 1972
Chapter I Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Chapter II 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
Chapter III Section6 - Warranties and conditions to be implied in hire-purchase agreements
Section7 - Limitation on hire-purchase charges
Section8 - Passing of property
Chapter IV 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
Section12 - Assignment and transmission of hirer's right or interest under hire-purchase agreement
Section13 - Obligations of hirer to comply with agreement
Section14 - Obligation of hirer in respect of care to be taken of goods
Section15 - Obligation of hirer in respect of use of goods
Section16 - Obligation of hirer to give information as to whereabouts of goods
Section17 - Rights of hirer in case of seizure of goods by owner
Chapter V Section18 - Rights of owner to terminate hire-purchase agreement for default in payment of hire or unauthorised act or breach of express conditions
Section19 - Rights of owner on termination
Section20 - Restriction on owner's right to recover possession of goods otherwise than through court
Section21 - Relief against termination for non-payment of hire
Section22 - Relief against termination for unauthorised act or breach of express condition
Section23 - Obligation of owner to supply copies and information
Chapter VI Section24 - Discharge of price otherwise than by payment of money
Section25 - Insolvency of hirer, etc.
Section26 - Successive hire-purchase agreements between same parties
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
Section29 - Service of notice
Section30 - Power to exempt from provisions of sections 6, 9, 10, 12 and 17 in certain cases
Section31 - Act not to apply to existing agreements
Repealing Act1 - HIRE PURCHASE (REPEAL) ACT, 2005