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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Chapter IX

Title: Of Noting and Protest

State: Central

Year: 1881

.....a reasonable time, cause a notary public to demand better security of the acceptor, and on its being refused may, with a reasonable time, cause such facts to be noted and certified as aforesaid. Such certificate is called a protest for better security. Section 101 - Contents of protest A protest under section 100 must contain-- (a) either the instrument itself, or a literal transcript of the instrument and of everything written or printed thereupon; (b) the name of the person for whom and against whom the instrument has been protested; (c) a statement that payment or acceptance, or better security, as the case may be, has been demanded of such person by the notary public; the terms of hi s answer, if any, or a statement that he gave no answer, or that he could not be found; (d) when the note or bill has been dishonoured, the place and time of dishonour, and, when better security has been refused, the place and time of refusal; (e) the sub scription of the notary public making the protest; (f) in the event of an acceptance for honour or of a payment for honour, the name of the person by whom, of the person for whom, and the manner in which, such acceptance or.....

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Partition Act, 1893 Section 6

Title: Reserved Bidding and Bidding by Shareholders

State: Central

Year: 1893

(1) Every sale under section 2 shall be subject to a reserved bidding, and the amount of such bidding shall be fixed by the court in such manner as it may think fit and may be varied from time to time. (2) On any such sale any of the shareholders shall be at liberty to bid at the sale on such terms as to non-payment of deposit or as to setting off or accounting for the purchase-money or any part thereof instead of paying the same as to the court may seem reasonable. (3) If two or more persons, of whom one is a shareholder in the property, respectively advance the same sum at any bidding at such sale, such bidding shall be deemed to be the bidding of the shareholder.

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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 100

Title: Protest

State: Central

Year: 1881

When a promissory note or bill of exchange has been dishonoured by non-acceptance or non-payment, the holder may, within a reasonable time, cause such dishonour to be noted and certified by a notary public. Such certificate is called a protest. Protest for better security.--When the acceptor of a bill of exchange has become insolvent, or his credit has been publicly impeached, before the maturity of the bill, the holder may, within a reasonable time, cause a notary public to demand better security of the acceptor, and on its being refused may, with a reasonable time, cause such facts to be noted and certified as aforesaid. Such certificate is called a protest for better security.

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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 101

Title: Contents of Protest

State: Central

Year: 1881

A protest under section 100 must contain-- (a) either the instrument itself, or a literal transcript of the instrument and of everything written or printed thereupon; (b) the name of the person for whom and against whom the instrument has been protested; (c) a statement that payment or acceptance, or better security, as the case may be, has been demanded of such person by the notary public; the terms of hi s answer, if any, or a statement that he gave no answer, or that he could not be found; (d) when the note or bill has been dishonoured, the place and time of dishonour, and, when better security has been refused, the place and time of refusal; (e) the sub scription of the notary public making the protest; (f) in the event of an acceptance for honour or of a payment for honour, the name of the person by whom, of the person for whom, and the manner in which, such acceptance or payment was offered and effected. 1[A notary public may make the demand me ntioned in clause (c) of this section either in person or by hi s clerk or, were authorized by agreement or usage, by registered letter.] ____________________ 1. Added by Act 2 of 1885 , sec. 5 .

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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 102

Title: Notice of Protest

State: Central

Year: 1881

When a promissory note or bill of exchange is required by law to be protested, notice of such protest must be given instead of notice of dishonour, in the same manner and subject to the same conditions; but the notice may be given by the notary public who makes the protest.

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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 104A

Title: When Noting Equivalent to Protest

State: Central

Year: 1881

1 [104A. When noting equivalentto protest For the purposes of this Act, where a bill of note is required tobe protested within a specified time or before some further proceeding is takenit is sufficient that the bill has been noted for protest before the expirationof the specified time or the taking of the proceeding; and the formal protestmay be extended at any time thereafter as of the date of the noting.] ______________________ 1.Insertedby Act 2 of 1885, sec. 6.

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Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 185

Title: Illegal Purchase or Bid for Property Offered for Sale by Authority of Public Servant

State: Central

Year: 1860

Whoever, at any sale of property held by the lawful authority of a public servant, as such, purchases or bids for any properly on account of any person, whether himself or any other, whom he knows to be under a legal incapacity to purchase that properly at that sale, or bids for such property not intending to perform the obligations under which he lays himself by such bidding, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees, or with both.

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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 104

Title: Protest of Foreign Bills

State: Central

Year: 1881

Foreign bills of exchange must be protested for dishonour when such protest is required by the law of the place where they are drawn.

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Christian Marriage Act1872 Section 49

Title: Liability for Frivolous Protest Against Issue of Certificate

State: Central

Year: 1872

Every person entering a protest with the Marriage Registrar, under this Part, against the issue of any certificate, on grounds which such Marriage Registrar, under section 44, or a Judge of the High Court or the District Judge, under section 45 or 46, declares to be frivolous and such as ought not to obstruct the issue of the certificate, shall be liable for the costs of all proceedings in relation thereto and for damages, to be recovered by suit by the person against whose marriage such protest was entered.

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Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 169

Title: Public Servant Unlawfully Buying or Bidding for Property

State: Central

Year: 1860

Whoever, being a public servant, and being legally bound as such public servant, not to purchase or bid for certain property, purchases or bids for that property, either in his own name or in the name of another, or jointly, or in shares with others, shall be punished with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both; and the property, if purchased, shall be confiscated.

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