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Indian Trusts Act, 1882 Section 79

Title: Revocation Not to Defeat What Trustees Have Duly Done

State: Central

Year: 1882

No trust can be revoked by the author of the trust so as to defeat or prejudice what the trustees may have duly done in execution of the trust.

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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.....

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Code of Civil Procedure 1908 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1908

.....in the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 (5 of 1970). Explanation II : For the purposes of this section, a transaction is a commercial transaction, if it is connected with the industry, trade or business of the party incurring the liability.] (2) Where such a decree is silent with respect to the payment of further interest on such principal sum] from the date of the decree to the date of payment or other earlier date, the court shall be deemed to have refused such interest, and a separate suit therefor shall not lie. SECTION 35: COSTS (1) Subject to such conditions and limitations as may be prescribed, and to the provisions of any law for the time being in force, the costs of and incident to all suits shall be in the discretion of the court, and the court shall have full power to determine by whom or out of what property and to what extent such costs are to be paid, and to give all necessary directions for the purposes aforesaid. The fact that the court has no jurisdiction to try the suit shall be no bar to the exercise of such powers. (2) Where the court directs that any costs shall not follow the event, the court shall state its reasons in.....

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The Transfer of Property Act, 1882 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1882

.....for relief, whether such debt or beneficial interest be existent, accruing, conditional or contingent;] 17 ["a person is said to have notice" of a fact when he actually knows that fact, or when, but for wilful abstention from an enquiry or search which he ought to have made, or gross negligence, he would have known it. Explanation 1. "Where any transaction relating to immovable property is required by law to be and has been effected by a registered instrument, any person acquiring such property or any part of, or share or interest in, such property shall be deemed to have notice of such instrument as from the date of registration or, where the property is not all situated in one sub-district, or where the registered instrument has been registered under sub-section (2) of section 30 of the Indian Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908), from the earliest date on which any memorandum of such registered instrument has been filed by any Sub-Registrar within whose sub-district any part of the property which is being acquired, or of the property wherein a share or interest is being acquired, is situated:] Provided that " (1) the instrument has been registered and its registration.....

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Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920 Part II

Title: Proceedings from Act of Insolvency to Discharge

State: Central

Year: 1920

.....under the provisions of any law referred to in clause (b) on the date of the application.] Explanation - For the purposes of this section the act of an agent may be the act of the principal.] ______________________ 1. Section 6 renumbered as subsection (1) by the Insolvency Laws (Amendment ) Act w.e.f 1-9-79. Prior to Amendment Section 6 Stood as follows "[Acts of insolvency.- A debtor commits an act of insolvency in each of the following cases, namely:- (a) if, in [Substituted by the A.O.1950 for "the Provinces"] [India] or elsewhere, he makes a transfer of all or substantially all his property to a third person for the benefit of his creditors generally; (b) if, in [Substituted by the A.O.1950 for "the Provinces"] [India] or elsewhere, he makes a transfer of his property or of any part thereof with intent to defeat or delay his creditors; (c) if, in [Substituted by the A.O.1950 for "the Provinces"] [India] or elsewhere, he makes any transfer of his property, or of any part thereof, which would, under this or any other enactment for the time being in force, be void as a fraudulent preference if he were adjudged an insolvent; (d) if, with intent to defeat or.....

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Chit Funds Act, 1982 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1982

..... (a) that the security offered by the foreman under section 20 is insufficient; (b) that the foreman had been convicted of any offence under this Act or under any other Act regulating chit business and sentenced to imprisonment for any such offence; (c) that the foreman had defaulted in the payment of fees or the filing of any statement or record required to be paid or filed under this Act or had violated any of the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder; (d) that the foreman had been convicted of any offence involving moral turpitude and sentenced to imprisonment for any such offence unless a period of five years has elapsed since his release: Provided further that before refusing to register a chit under the first proviso, the foreman shall be given a reasonable opportunity of being heard. (3) Every endorsement made under sub-section (2) shall be conclusive evidence that the chit is duly registered under this Act and the registration of a chit shall lapse if the declaration by the foreman under sub-section (1) of section 9-is not filed within three months from the date of such endorsement or within such further period or periods not exceeding three months in.....

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The Bombay Agricultural Debtors Relief Act, 1947 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1947

THE BOMBAY AGRICULTURAL DEBTORS RELIEF ACT, 1947 THE BOMBAY AGRICULTURAL DEBTORS RELIEF ACT, 1947 Bombay Act No.XXVIII of 1947, [27th May 1947] An Act to consolidate and amend the law for the Relief of Agricultural Debtors in the Province of Bombay. WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law for the relief of agricultural debtors in the Province of Bombay and for certain other purposes specified herein; It is hereby enacted as follows: CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE AND EXTENT (l) This Act may be called the Bombay Agricultural Debtors Relief Act, 1947. (2) it extends to the whole of the '(State] of Bombay except the City of Bombay. SECTION 02: DEFINITIONS: -IN THIS ACT. UNLESS THERE IS ANYTHING REPUGNANT IN THE SUBJECT OR CONTEXT (l) "award" means an award made under subsection (4) of section 8 or section 9, 32 or 33 or as confirmed or modified by the Court in appeal; (2) ''Co-operative society" means a society registered under the Provisions of the Bombay Cooperative Societies Act, 1925; (3) "Court" means the court of the Civil Judge (Senior Division ), having ordinary jurisdiction in the area where the debtor ordinarily resides and if.....

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The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Complete Act

State: Rajasthan

Year: 1973

.....issued by the State Government on or after the 2nd day of December, 1974 and before the commencement of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1978 (Central Act 45 of 1978) purporting to establish any special Court of the Judicial Magistrate of the first class having jurisdiction over more than one district shall be deemed to have been issued under section 11 of the said code as amended by this Act and accordingly such notification issued and any act or proceeding done or taken or purporting to have been done or taken by virtue of it shall be deemed to be and always to have been valid" [Vide Kerala Act 21 of 1987 Punjab: In sub-section (1) of section 11, insert the following new sub-section:" "(1-A) The State Government may likewise establish as many Courts of Judicial Magistrate of the first class in respect to particular cases or to particular classes of cases, or in regard to cases generally, in any local area "[Vide Punjab Act 9 of 1978, sec 2 (wef 14-4-1978) Rajasthan: In sub-section (1) of section 11, the following new sub-section shall be inserted, namely:" "(1-A) The State Government may likewise establish as many Courts of Judicial Magistrate of.....

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The Kerala Debtors (Temporary Relief) Act, 1975 [1] Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1975

THE KERALA DEBTORS (TEMPORARY RELIEF) ACT, 1975 [1] THE KERALA DEBTORS (TEMPORARY RELIEF) ACT, 1975 [1] (Act 30 of 1975) An Act to provide temporary relief to certain debtors in the State of Kerala. Preamble. "WHEREAS it is expedient to provide tem porary relief to certain debtors in the State of Kerala; BE it enacted in the Twenty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows: " 1. Short title, extent and commencement. "(1) This Act may be called the Kerala Debtors (Temporary Relief) Act, 1975. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala. (3) It shall come into force at once. 2. Definitions. "In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, " (1) "agricultural land" means land used for agriculture or horticulture, not being land appurtenant to a residential building; (2) "artisan" means a person who does not hold any agricultural land and whose principal means of livelihood is production or repair of traditional tools, implements and other articles or things used for agriculture or purposes ancillary thereto and includes a person who normally earns his liveli hood by practising craft either by his own labour or by the labour of the.....

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THE KERALA AGRICULTURISTS' DEBTRELIF ACT, 1970 [1] Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1970

THE KERALA AGRICULTURISTS' DEBTRELIF ACT, 1970 [1] THE KERALA AGRICULTURISTS' DEBTRELIF ACT, 1970 [1] (ACT 11 Of 1970) An Act to give relief to indebted agriculturists in the State of Kerala Preamble.- WHEREASit is considered necessary to provide for the relief of indebted agiculturists in the State of Kerala; BE it enacted in the Twenty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:- I. Short title , extent and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called The Kerala Agriculturists' Debt Relief Act, 1970. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala. (3) It shall come into force at once. 2. Definitions._ In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires _ (1) "agriculturist" means a person who has an interest, other than as a simple mortgagee, in any agricultural or horticultural land in the State of Kerala, and includes- (a) an agricultural labourer; (b) a kudikidappukaran; and (c) a tenant. But does not include-\ (i) any person assessed to sales tax on a turnover which in the aggregate is not less than forty thousand rupees in any two years within the three years immediately preceding the commencement of this Act, under the Kerala General Sales Tax Act, 1963 or.....

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