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MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY ACT, 1874 Section 9

Title: Husband not liable for wife's ante-nuptial debts

State: Central

Year: 1874

A husband married after the thirty-first day of December, 1865 sh all not by reason only of such marriage be liable to the debts of hi s wife contracted before marriage, but the wife sh all be liable to be sued for, and sh all, to the extent of her separate property, be liable to satisfy such debts as if he had continued unmarried: Provided that nothing contained in this section sh all1[* * *] invalidate any contract into which a husband may, before the passing of this Act, have entered in consideration of hi s wife's ante-nuptial debts. _______________________ 1. The words "affect any suit instituted before the passing of this Act, not" rep . b y Act 12 of 1891 , Sec. 2 and Sch. I.

Divorce Act, 1869 Section 40

Title: Inquiry into Existence of Ante-nuptial or Post-nuptial Settlements

State: Central

Year: 1869

1[ The District Court may, before passing a decree for dissolution of the marriage or a decree of nullity of marriage, inquire into" ]the existence of ante-nuptial or post-nuptial settlements made on the parties whose marriage is the subject of the decree, and may make such orders, with reference to the application of the whole or a portion of the property settled, whether for the benefit of the husband or the wife, or of the children (if any) of the marriage, or of both children and parents, as to the Court seems fit: Provided that the Court shall not make any order for the benefit of the parents or either of them at the expense of the children. ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 51 of 2001, section 24, for certain words (w.e.f. 3-10-2001).

Income Tax Act, 1961 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1961

INCOME TAX ACT, 1961 INCOME TAX ACT, 1961 43 of 1961 [AS AMENDED BY FINANCE ACT, 2003] An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to income-tax and super-tax BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twelfth Year of the Republic of India as follows : CHAPTER 1 PRELIMINARY Section 1 Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Income-tax Act, 1961. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, it shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 1962. Section 2 Definitions 1 Inserted by the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1987, w.e.f. 1-4-1989.[(1) "advance tax" means the advance tax payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter XVII-C;] 2 Renumbered as clause (1A) by the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1987, w.e.f. 1-4-1989.[(1A)] 3 For manner of computation of income which is partially agricultural and partially frombusiness, see rules 7, 7A, 7B and 8. For analysis, see Mashbra's Income-tax Rules."agricultural income" means - 4 Substituted by the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 1970, w.r.e.f. 1-4-1962.[(a) any rent or revenue derived from land which is situated in India and is used for.....

The Kerala Home Guards Act, 1960[1] Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1960

.....or Local Authorities." (1) A person shall not be disqualified for being chosen as and for being a member of the Legislative Assembly merely by reason of the fact that he is an officer or a member of the Home Guards. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained to the contrary in any other law for the time being in force, an officer or a member of the Home Guards shall not be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being a member of any Local Authority, merely by reason of the fact that he is an officer or a member of the Home Guards. 16. Repeal." The Madras Home Guards Act, 1948 (Act I of 1948) as in force in Malabar district referred to in sub-section (2) of section 5 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, is hereby repealed. Kerala State Acts

Patents Act, 1970 (39 of 1970) Chapter III

Title: Applications for Patents

State: Central

Year: 1970

.....describe the inventionand shall begin with a title sufficiently indicating the subject-matter towhich the invention relates. (2) Subjectto any rules that may be made in this behalf under this Act, drawings may, andshall, if the Controller so requires, be supplied for the purposes of anyspecification, whether complete or provisional; and any drawings so suppliedshall, unless the Controller otherwise directs be deemed to form part of thespecification, and references in this Act to a specification shall be construedaccordingly. (3) If, inany particular case, the Controller considers that an application should befurther supplemented by a model or sample of anything illustrating theinvention or alleged to constitute an invention, such model or sample as he mayrequire shall be furnished 1 [before the application is found in order forgrant of a patent], but such model or sample shall not be deemed to form partof fhe specification. (4) Everycomplete specification shall- (a)fully and particularly describe theinvention and its operation or use and the method by which it is to beperformed; (b)disclose the best method ofperforming the invention which is known to the applicant.....

Patents Act, 1970 (39 of 1970) Section 11

Title: Priority Dates of Claims of a Complete Specification

State: Central

Year: 1970

.....to which sub-sections (2), (3),1[ (3A)], (4) and (5) do not apply, the priority date of a claim shall, subject to the provisions of section 137, be the date of filing of the complete specification. (7) The reference to the date of the filing of the application or of the complete specification in this section shall, in cases where there has been a post-dating under section 9 or section 17 or, as the case may be, an ante-dating under section 16, be a reference to the date as so post-dated or ante-dated. (8) A claim in a complete specification of a patent shall not be invalid by reason only of- (a) the publication or use of the invention so far as claimed in that claim on or after the priority date of such claim; or (b) the grant of another patent which claims the invention, so far as claimed in the first mentioned claim, in a claim of the same or a later priority date. ________________________ 1. Inserted by Patents Amendment Act (15 of2005).

Divorce Act, 1869 Chapter 10

Title: Settlements

State: Central

Year: 1869

[Rep. by the Indian Dovorce (Amendment) Act, 2001 (51 of 2001), section 23 (w.e.f. 3-10-2001)]. Section 40 - Inquiry into existence of ante-nuptial or post-nuptial settlements 1[ The District Court may, before passing a decree for dissolution of the marriage or a decree of nullity of marriage, inquire into" ]the existence of ante-nuptial or post-nuptial settlements made on the parties whose marriage is the subject of the decree, and may make such orders, with reference to the application of the whole or a portion of the property settled, whether for the benefit of the husband or the wife, or of the children (if any) of the marriage, or of both children and parents, as to the Court seems fit: Provided that the Court shall not make any order for the benefit of the parents or either of them at the expense of the children. ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 51 of 2001, section 24, for certain words (w.e.f. 3-10-2001).

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.....

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....(2) of Section 5, for the words 'but subject to any enactment', substitute the words 'but, save as otherwise provided by this Code, subject to any enactment'. [W.B. Act 8 of 1970, Section 3 and Sch., item 2]. (1) All offences under the Indian Penal Code shall be investigated, inquired into, tried and otherwise dealt with according to the provisions hereinafter contained. Trial of offences against other laws (2) All offences under any other law shall be investigated, inquired into, tried, and otherwise dealt with according to the same provisions, but subject to any enactment for the time being in force regulating the manner or place of investigating, inquiring into, trying or otherwise dealing with such offences. PART 2 CONSTITUTION AND POWERS OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES: CHAPTER 2: OF THE CONSTITUTION OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES: SECTION 6: Glasses of Criminal Courts: Besides the High Courts and the Courts constituted under any law other than this Code for the time being in force, there shall be five classes of Criminal Courts in [India], namely,- : State Amendments GUJARAT.-In its application to the State of Gujarat the amendment made in Section 6 is the.....

Indian and Colonial Divorce Jurisdiction Act, 1940 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1940

.....with the necessary adaptations, apply in relation to any part of His Majesty's dominions to which the provisions of section 1 of the principal Act (Act of 1926)apply by virtue of an Order in Council under section 2-thereof, wherever made, as they would have applied in relation to India, if the Indian Independence Act, 1947, had not passed. SECTION 06: AREAS FOR WHICH THE VARIOUS HIGH COURTS IN INDIA ARC TO ACT (1) A High Court in India on which jurisdiction is conferred by sub-section (1) of section 1-of the principal Act shall, on and after the appointed day. exercise that jurisdiction if, and only if, the parties to the marriage last resided together, or at the date of the presentation of the petition each reside, in the appropriate area. (2) In this section the expression "the appropriate area" means, in relation to any Court, the area with reference to which that Court is for the time being a High Court for the purposes of the Indian Law known as the Indian Divorce Act, 1869-, or such other area as the Governor- General may from time to time by public notification specify, in relation to that Court as the appropriate area for the purposes of this section. (3) The.....