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Bills of Exchange Act, 1882 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1882

.....operates as notice that the agent has but a limited authority to sign, and the principal is only bound by such signature the agent in so signing was acting within the actual limit of his authority. SECTION 26: PERSON SIGNING AS AGENT OR IN REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY (1) Where a person signs a bill as drawer, endorser or acceptor, and adds words to his signature, indicating that he signs for or on behalf of a principal, or in a representative character, he is not personally liable thereon ; but the mere addition to his signature of words describing him as an agent, or as filling a representative character, does not exempt him from personal liability. (2) In determining whether a signature on a bill is that of the principal or that of the agent by whose hand it is written, the construction most favourable to the validity of the instrument shall be adopted. SECTION 27: VALUE DEFINED (1) Valuable consideration for a bill may be constituted by- (a) any consideration sufficient to support a simple contract ; (b) an antecedent debt or liability. Such a debt or liability is deemed valuable consideration whether the bill is payable on demand or at a future time. (2) Where value.....

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

.....IN CERTAIN CASES No notice shall be issued under section 7-if the house- (a) was, at the date of the issue of the notification declaring this Act or the Cantonments(House-Accommodation) Act, 1902, as the case may be, to be operative in the cantonment or part of the cantonment, or is, with such sanction as is required bisection 9-, occupied as a hospital, school, school hostel, bank, hotel or shop, and has been so occupied continuously during the three years immediately preceding the time when the occasion for issuing the notice arises, or (b) was, at the date of such a notification as is referred to in clause (a), or is, with such sanction as aforesaid, occupied by a railway administration or by a company or firm engaged in trade or business or by a club. or (c) is occupied by the owner, or (d) has been appropriated by the33 [State Government] with the concurrence of the Officer Commanding the District, or by the34'[Central Government], for use as a public office or for any other purpose. SECTION 11: TIME TO BE ALLOWED FOR GIVING POSSESSION OF HOUSE (1) If a house is unoccupied, a notice issued under section 7-may require the owner to give possession of the same to.....

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

..... second division---appeals 114. Appeal from an order of acquittal -- (a) under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 417 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898). Ninety days The date of the order appealed from. (b) under sub-section (3) of section 417 of the Code. Thirty days The date of the grant of special leave. 115. Under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898) (a) from a sentence of death passed by a court of session or by a High Court in the exercise of its original criminal jurisdiction. Thirty days The date of the sentence. (b) from any other sentence or any order not being an order of acquittal -- (i) to the High Court. Sixty days The date of the sentence or order. (ii) to any other court. Thirty days The date of the sentence or order. 116. Under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908),-- (a) to a High Court from any decree or order. .....