State : Central
Year : 1872
CONTRACT ACT, 1872 CONTRACT ACT, 1872 9 of 1872 CHAPTER 00: PRELIMINARY SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE This Act may be called the Indian Contract Act, 1872. Extent and commencement.-It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir; and it shall come into force on the first day of September, 1872. Enactments repealed.-Nothing herein contained shall affect the provisions of any Statute, Act or Regulation not hereby expressly repealed, nor any usage or custom of trade, nor any incident of any contract, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. SECTION 02: INTERPRETATION CLAUSE. In this Act the following words and expressions are used in the following senses, unless a contrary intention appears from the context :- (a) When one person signifies..... List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Of Bailment
State : Central
Year : 1872
A bailment is the delivery of goods by one person to another for some purpose, upon a contract that they shall, when the purpose is accomplished, be returned or otherwise disposed of according to the directions of the person delivering them. The person delivering the goods is called the bailor. The person to whom they are delivered is called the bailee. Explanation.If a person already in possession of the goods of another contracts to hold them as a bailee, he thereby becomes the bailee, and the owner becomes the bailor of such goods, although they may not have been delivered by way of bailment. Section 149 - Delivery to bailee how made The delivery to the bailee may be made by doing anything which has the effect of putting the goods in the possession of the intended bailee or..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Pledge by Mercantile Agent
State : Central
Year : 1872
1 [178. Pledge by mercantile agent Wherea mercantile agent is, with the consent of the owner, in possession of goods orthe document of title to goods, any pledge made by him, when acting in theordinary course of business of a mercantile agent, shall be as valid as if hewere expressly authorised by the owner of the goods to make the same; providedthat the pawnee acts in good faith and has not at the time of the pledge noticethat the pawnor has not authority to pledge. Explanation.-In this section, the expressions 'mercantile agent' and 'documents of title'shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indian Sale of Goods Act, 1930(3 of 1930). _______________________ 1. Section178 and 178A Substituted by Act 4 of 1930, section 2, for the original section178. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionState : Central
Year : 1882
THE TRANSFER OF PROPERTY ACT, 1882 THE TRANSFER OF PROPERTY ACT, 1882 (4 OF 1882) [17th February, 1882] An Act to amend the law relating to the Transfer of Property by act of parties. Preamble."Whereas it is expedient to define and amend certain parts of the law relating to the transfer of property by act of parties; it is hereby enacted as follows :" CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE This Act may be called The Transfer of Property Act, 1882. Commencement. "It shall come into force on the first day of July, 1882. Extent. "'[It extends2 in the first instance to the whole of India except 3[the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States or in the States of] Bombay, Punjab and Delhi.] 4 [But this..... List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Saving of Negotiable Instruments, Etc
State : Central
Year : 1882
Nothing in the foregoing sections of this Chapter applies to stocks, shares or debentures, or to instruments which are for the time being, by law or custom, negotiable, or to any mercantile document of title to goods. Explanation. The expression "mercantile document of title to goods" includes a bill of lading, dock- warrant, warehouse-keeper's certificate, railway receipt, warrant or order for the delivery of goods, and any other document used in the ordinary course of course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods, or authorizing or purporting to authorize, either by endorsement or by delivery, the possessor of the document to transfer or receive goods thereby represented. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionState : Assam
Year : 1899
THE INDIAN STAMP ACT, 1899 THE INDIAN STAMP ACT, 1899 [Act, No. 2 of 1899] [27th January, 1899] PREAMBLE An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Stamps, WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to Stamps. It is hereby enacted as follows: - Chapter - 1 PRELIMINARY 1. Short title, extent and commencement :- (1) This Act may be called the Indian Stamp Act, 1899. (Substituted by Act 43 of 1955, Section3, for the former sub-section w.e.f. 1-4-1956) (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir: Provided that it shall not apply to (Substituted by the A.O. (No.2) 1956, for "Part B States") [the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States]..... List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : First Schedule
State : Central
Year : 1899
SCHEDULE I STAMP-DUTY ON INSTRUMENTS (See section 3) Description of Instrument Proper Stamp-duty (1) (2) 1. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of a debt exceeding twenty rupees in amount or value, written or signed by, or on behalf of, a debtor in order to supply evidence of such debt in any book (other than a bankers' pass-book) or on a separate piece of paper when such book or paper is left in the creditors' possession: provided that such acknowledgement does not contain any promise to pay the debt or any stipulation to pay interest or to deliver any goods or other property. One anna. 2. ADMINISTRATION-BOND: including a bond given under section 256 of the Indian Succession Act, 1865 (10 of 1865),..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionState : Central
Year : 1925
CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA ACT, 1925 CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA ACT, 1925 26 of 1925 21st September, 1925 "A bill of lading was originally a receipt for the goods placed on a ship and also a document for transferring the title of the goods to the consignee. With (he development of trade, it became recognised as a negotiable instrument in which shippers, the carriers and the consignees or purchasers of the goods as well as bankers and under writers became increasingly interested. Concurrently with this it became the custom to show on the bill of lading the terms of the contract on which the goods were delivered to and received by the ship, and from time to time new clauses were added usually in the direction of contracting the carrier out of liability for some kind of loss or..... List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Rules Relating to Bills of Ladings
State : Central
Year : 1925
SCHEDULE RULES RELATING TO BILLS OF LADINGS Article I Definitions In these Rules the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say -- (a) "carrier" includes the owner or the charterer who enters into a contract of carriage with a shipper; (b) "contract of carriage" applies only to contracts of carriage covered by a bill of lading or any similar document of title, in so far as such document relates to the carriage of goods by sea including any bill of lading or any similar document as aforesaid issued under or pursuant to a charter party from the moment at which such bill of lading or similar document of title regulates the relations between a carrier and a holder of the same; (c) "goods" includes goods, wares, merchandises,..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionState : Central
Year : 1930
SALE OF GOODS ACT, 1930 SALE OF GOODS ACT, 1930 3 of 1930 An Act to define and amend the law relating to the sale of goods Whereas it is expedient to define and amend the law relating to the sale of goods; it is hereby enacted as follows:- CHAPTER 1 PRELIMINARY Section 1 Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Sale of Goods Act, 1930. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. (3) It shall come into force on the first day of July, 1930. Section 2 Definitions In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- (1) "buyer" means a person who buys or agrees to buy goods ; (2) "delivery" means voluntary transfer of possession from one person to another; (3) goods are said to be in a..... List Judgments citing this section