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Bills of Exchange Act, 1882 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1882

.....must be filled up within a reasonable time and, strictly in accordance with the authority given. Reasonable time, for this purpose, is a question of fact: Provided that if any such instrument after completion is negotiated to a holder in due course, it shall be valid and effectual for all purposes in his hands and he may enforce it as if it had been filled up within a reasonable time and strictly in accordance with the authority given. SECTION 21: DELIVERY (1) Every contract on a bill, whether it be the drawer's, the acceptor's, or an indoeser's, is incomplete and revocable until delivery of the instrument in order to give effect thereto : Provided that where an acceptance is written on a bill, and the drawee gives notice to or according to the directions of the persons entitled to the bill that he has accepted it, the acceptance then becomes complete and irrevocable. (2) As between immediate parties, and as regards a remote party other than a holder in due course, the delivery- (a) in order to be effectual must be made either by or under the authority of the party drawing, accepting or indorsing, as the case may be; (b) may be shown to have been conditional or for a.....

Cantonments (House-accommodation) Act, 1923 Preamble 1

Title: The Cantonments (House-accommodation) Act, 1923

State: Central

Year: 1923

THE CANTONMENTS (HOUSE-ACCOMMODATION) ACT,1923 [Act, No. 6 of 1923] [5th March, 1923] PREAMBLE An Act further to amend and to consolidate the law relating to the provision of house accommodation for military officers in cantonments. WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend and to consolidate the law relating to the provision of house-accommodation for military officers in cantonments; It is hereby enacted as follows:

Indian Bills of Lading Act, 1856 Preamble 1

Title: Indian Bills of Lading Act, 1856

State: Central

Year: 1856

INDIAN BILLS OF LADING ACT, 1856 [Act, No. 9 of 1856] [11th April, 1956] PREAMBLE An Act to amend the law relating to Bills of Lading. WHEREAS by the custom of merchants a bill of lading of goods being transferable by endorsement, the property in the goods may thereby pass to the endorsee, but nevertheless all rights in respect of the contract contained in the bill of lading continue in the original shipper or owner, and it is expedient that such rights should pass with the property; AND WHEREAS it frequently happens that the goods in respect of which bills of lading purport to be signed have not been laden on board, and it is proper that such bills of lading in the hands of a bona fide holder for value should not be questioned by the master or other person signing the same, on the ground of the goods not having been laden as aforesaid, It is enacted as follows: -

Cantonments (House-accommodation) Act, 1923 Complete Act

Title: Cantonments (House-accommodation) Act, 1923

State: Central

Year: 1923

.....of the Court Section21 - Restriction of scope of inquiry Chapter V Section29 - Appeal to High Court Section30 - Appeal to Officer Commanding the District Section31 - Petition of appeal Section32 - Order in appeal final Section33 - Suspension of action pending appeal Chapter VI Section34 - Service of notice and requisitions Section34A - Computation of periods of limitations Section35 - Power for Central Government to make rules Section36 - Further provisions respecting rules Section37 - Inapplicability of section 556 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 to trials of offences Section38 - Protection to persons acting under Act Section39 - Repealed Schedule1 - SCHEDULE I

Indian Bills of Lading Act, 1856 Section 1

Title: Rights Under Bills of Lading to Vest in Consignee or Endorsee

State: Central

Year: 1856

Every consignee of goods named in a bill of lading and every endorsee of a bill of lading to whom the property in the goods therein mentioned shall pass, upon or by reason of such consignment or endorsement shall have transferred to and vested in him all rights of suit, and be subject to the same liabilities in respect of such goods as if the contract contained in the bill of lading had been made with himself.

Indian Bills of Lading Act, 1856 Complete Act

Title: Indian Bills of Lading Act, 1856

State: Central

Year: 1856

Preamble1 - INDIAN BILLS OF LADING ACT, 1856 Section1 - Rights under bills of lading to vest in consignee or endorsee Section2 - Not to affect right of stoppage in transit or claims for freight Section3 - Bill of lading in hands of consignee, etc. conclusive evidence of the shipment as against master etc

Indian Bills of Lading Act, 1856 Section 3

Title: Bill of Lading in Hands of Consignee, Etc. Conclusive Evidence of the Shipment as Against Master Etc

State: Central

Year: 1856

Every bill of lading in the hands of a consignee or endorsee for valuable consideration representing goods to have been shipped on board a vessel, shall be conclusive evidence of such shipment as against the master or other person signing the same, notwithstanding that such goods or some part thereof may not have been so shipped, unless such holder of the bill of lading shall have had actual notice at the time of receiving the same that the goods had not in fact been laden on board: PROVIDED that the master or other person so signing may exonerate himself, in respect of such misrepresentation, by showing that it was caused without any default on his part, and wholly by the fraud of the shipper or of the holder, or some person under whom the holder claims.

Cantonments (House Accommodation) Act, 1923 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1923

.....available for his occupation or for the occupation of the mess, and the Officer Commanding the Station is satisfied on inquiry of the truth of the facts so stated; or (b) the Officer Commanding the Station is satisfied on inquiry that there is not in the cantonment a sufficient and assured supply of houses available at reasonable rates of rent by private agreement to meet the requirements of the military officers and military messes whose accommodation in the cantonment is in his opinion necessary or expedient, the Officer Commanding the Station may, with a view to enforcing the liability under section 5-, serve a notice on the owner of any house which appears to him to be suitable for occupation by a military officer or a military mess, as the case may be, within the cantonment, or, if this Act is in force in part only of the cantonment, within that part, requiring the owner to permit the house to be inspected, measured and surveyed by such person and on such date, not being less than three clear days from the service of the notice, and at such time between sunrise and sunset, as may be specified in the notice. (2) On the date and at the time so specified the owner shall be.....

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Chapter III

Title: Parties to Notes, Bills and Cheques

State: Central

Year: 1881

..... When the holder of an accepted bill of exchange enters into any contract with the acceptor which, under section 134 or 135 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872), would discharge the other parties, the holder may expressly reserve his right to charge the other parties, and in such case they are not discharged. Section 40 - Discharge of indorser's liability Where the holder of a negotiable instrument, without the consent of the indorser, destroys or impairs the indorser's remedy against a prior party, the indorser is discharged from liability to the holder to the same extent as if the instrument had been paid at maturity. Illustration A is the holder of a bill of exchange made payable to the order of B, which contains the following indorsements in blank:-- First indorsement, "B". Second indorsement, "Peter Williams". Third indorsement "Wright & Co.". Fourth indorsement, "John Rozario". This bill A puts in suit against John Rozario and strikes out, without John Rozario's consent, the indorsements by Peter Williams and Wright & Co. A is not entitled to recover anything from John Rozario. Section 41 - Acceptor bound, although indorsement.....

Limitation Act, 1963 (36 of 1963) Schedule 1

Title: The Schedule

State: Central

Year: 1963

.....in which the last item admitted or proved is entered in the account; such year to be computed as in the account. 2. Against a factor for an account. PART II--SUITS RELATING TO CONTRACTS 6. For a Seaman's wages. Three years The end of the voyage during which the wages are earned. 7. For wages in the case of any other person. Three years When the wages accrue due 8. For the price of food or drink sold by the keeper of a hotel, tavern or lodging house. Three years When the food or drink is delivered. 9. For the price of lodging. Three years When the price becomes payable. 10. Against a carrier for compensation for losing or injuring goods. Three years When the loss or injury occurs. 11. Against a carrier for compensation for non-delivery of, or delay in delivering goods. Three years When the goods ought to be delivered. 12. For the hire of animals, vehicles, boats or house-hold furniture. Three.....