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Start Free TrialCotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Act, 1925 Section 2
Title: Definitions
State: Central
Year: 1925
.....any pressed package of cotton of whatever size or density ; (b) "Cotton" means ginned or unsigned cotton, or cotton waste ; (c) "cotton" ginning factory" means any place where cotton is ginned or where cotton fibre is separated from cotton seed by any process whatever involving the use of steam, water or other mechanical power or of electrical power ; (d) "cotton pressing factory" means any factory as defined in the 949 Indian Factories Act, 1911 (12 of 1911), in which cotton is pressed into bales ; {See now the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948), s.2 (m).}This Act has Been amended in its application to-- (1) the State of Bombay by Bom.Acts 4 of 1936 and 20 of 1938, (2) the C.P. by C.P Act 24 of 1936 and to Madhya Pradesh by C.P.& Berar Acts 33 of 1939, 1 of 1942, 13 of 1947 and 47 of 1947, (3) the Punjab by Pun.Act 12 of 1941, (4) the U.P.by U.P.Act 15 of 1941, (5) Madras by Mad.Act 10 of 1953, (6) Hyderabad by Hyderabad Act 33 of 1954. (e) "cotton waste" means droppings striplings, fly and other waster products of a cotton mill or of a cotton ginning factory or of a cotton pressing factory, but does not include yarn waste ; (f) "Indian Central Cotton.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionINDIAN SUCCESSION ACT, 1925 Section 182
Title: Testator's belief as to his ownership immaterial
State: Central
Year: 1925
.....and to C an estate which Will, under a settlement, belong to B ifhis elder brother(who is married and has children) shallleave no issue living at hisdeath. B must elect to give up the estateor to lose the legacy. (iv) A, a person of the age of 18, domiciled in 1 [India] but owning real property in England, to which C is heir atlaw, bequeaths a legacy to C and, subjectthereto, devises and bequeaths to B"all my property whatsoever and wheresoever", and dies under 21. The real property in England does not pass by theWill. Cmay claim his legacy without giving up thereal property in England. ________________________ 1. Substitutedby Act 3 of 1951, section 3 and Schedule, for "the States".
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian Succession Act, 1925 Part 9
Title: Probate, Letters of Administration and Administration of Assets of Deceased
State: Central
Year: 1925
..... (viii) The person to whom probate was, or letters of administration were, granted has subsequently become of unsound mind. INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT, 1925Chapter 4 - OF THE PRACTICE IN GRANTING AND REVOKING PROBATES AND LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION Section 264 - Jurisdiction of District Judge in granting and revoking probates, etc. (1) The District Judge shall have jurisdiction in granting and revoking probates and letters of administration in all cases within his district. (2) Except in cases to which section 57 applies, no court in any local area beyond the limits of the towns of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay,1[***] shall, where the deceased is a Hindu, Muhammadan, Buddhist, Sikh or Jaina or an exempted person, receive applications for probate or letters of administration until the State Government has, by a notification in the Official Gazette, authorised it so to do. ______________________ 1. The words "and the province of Burma" omitted by the A.O. 1937. Section 264 - Jurisdiction of District Judge in granting and revoking probates, etc. (1) The District Judge shall have jurisdiction in granting and revoking probates and letters of administration in all cases.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian Succession Act, 1925 Section 203
Title: Inspection of Accounts and Right of Interested Party to Keep Duplicate
State: Central
Year: 1925
(1) The accounts of the curator shall be open to the inspection of all parties interested; and it shall be competent for any such interested party to appoint a separate person to keep a duplicate account of all receipts and payments by the curator. (2) If it is found that the accounts of the curator are in arrear, or that they are erroneous or incomplete, or if the curator does not produce them whenever he is ordered to do so by the District Judge, he shall be punishable with fine not exceeding one thousand rupees for every such default.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian Succession Act, 1925 Part 7
Title: Protection of Property of Deceased
State: Central
Year: 1925
.....receive remuneration (1) The District Judge shall take from the curator security for the faithful discharge of his trust, and for rendering satisfactory accounts of the same as hereinafter provided, and may authorise him to receive out of the property such remuneration in no case exceeding five per centum on the moveable property and on the annual profits of the immoveable property, as the District Judge thinks reasonable. (2) All surplus money realized by the curator shall be paid into Court, and invested in public securities for the benefit of the persons entitled thereto upon adjudication of the summary proceeding. (3) Security shall be required from the curator with all reasonable dispatch, and where it is practicable, shall be taken generally to answer all cases for which the person may be afterwards appointed curator; but no delay in the taking of security shall prevent the Judge from immediately investing the curator with the powers of his office. Section 199 - Report from Collector where estate includes revenue-paying land (1) Where the estate of the deceased person consists wholly or in part of land paying revenue to Government, in all matters regarding the.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian Succession Act, 1925 Chapter 23
Title: Of Gifts in Contemplation of Death
State: Central
Year: 1925
.....person who has obtained the certificate, probate or letters of administration, as the case may be. ______________________ 1. Repealed partly by Act 39 of 1925 and finally by Act 1 of 1938. Section 197 - Prohibition of exercise of certain powers by curators ( 1) Where a certificate has been granted under Part X or under the Succession Certificate Act, 18891(7 of 1889), or a grant of probate or letters of administration has been made, a curator appointed under this Part shall not exercise any authority lawfully belonging to the holder of the certificate or to the executor or administrator. (2) Payment of debts, etc., to curators.-All persons who have paid debts or rents to a curator authorised by a Court to receive them shall be indemnified, and the curator sh all be responsible for the payment thereof to the person who has obtained the certificate, probate or letters of administration, as the case may be. ______________________ 1. Repealed partly by Act 39 of 1925 and finally by Act 1 of 1938. Section 198 - Curator to give security and may receive remuneration (1) The District Judge shall take from the curator security for the faithful discharge of his trust,.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionINDIAN SUCCESSION ACT, 1925 Section 189
Title: When testator's representatives may call upon legatee to elect
State: Central
Year: 1925
If the legatee does not, within one year after the death of the testator signify to the testator's representatives his intention to confirm or to dissent from, the Will, the representatives shall, upon the expiration of that period, require him to make his election; and, if he does not comply with such requisition within a reasonable time after he has received it, he shall be deemed to have elected to confirm the Will.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian Succession Act, 1925 Section 187
Title: When Acceptance of Benefit Given by Will Constitutes Election to Take Under Will
State: Central
Year: 1925
Acceptance of a benefit given by a Will constitutes an election by the legatee to take under the Will, if he had knowledge of his right to elect and of those circumstances which would influence the judgment of a reasonable man in making an election, or if he waives inquiry into the circumstances. Illustrations (i) A is owner of an estate called Sultanpur Khurd, and has a life interest in another estate called Sultanpur Buzurg to which upon his death his son B Will be absolutely entitled. The Will of A gives the estate of Sultanpur Khurd to B and the estate of Sultanpur Buzurg to C. B, in ignorance of his own right to the estate of Sultanpur Buzurg, allows C to take possession of it, and enters into possession of the estate of Sultanpur Khurd. B has not confirmed the bequest of Sultanpur Buzurg to C. (ii) B, the eldest son of A, is the possessor of an estate called Sultanpur. A bequeaths Sultanpur to C and to B the residue of A's property. B having been informed by A's executors that the residue Will amount to 5,000 rupees, allows C to take possession of Sultanpur. He afterwards discovers that the residue does not amount to more than 500 rupees. B has not confirmed the beque
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian Succession Act, 1925 Chapter 22
Title: Of Election
State: Central
Year: 1925
.....England does not pass by theWill. Cmay claim his legacy without giving up thereal property in England. ________________________ 1. Substitutedby Act 3 of 1951, section 3 and Schedule, for "the States". Section 182 - Testator's belief as to his ownership immaterial The provisions of sections 180 and 181apply whether the testator does or does not believe that which he professes todispose of by his Will to be his own. Illustrations (i) The farm of Sultanpur was theproperty of C. A bequeathed it to B,giving a legacy of 1,000rupees to C. C has elected to retain hisfarm of Sultanpur, which is worth 800rupees. C forefeitshis legacy of 1,000 rupees, of which 800 rupees goes to B, andthe remaining 200 rupees falls into the residuarybequest, or devolves according to the rules of intestate succession, as thecase may be. (ii) A bequeaths an estate to B in case B'selder brother (who is married and has children) shallleave no issue living at hisdeath. A also bequeaths to C a jewel, which belongs to B. B must elect to give up the jewelor to lose the estate. (iii) A bequeaths to B 1,000rupees, and to C an estate which Will, under a settlement, belong to B ifhis elder brother(who.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIndian Succession Act, 1925 Section 273
Title: Conclusiveness of Probate or Letters of Administration
State: Central
Year: 1925
.....that date in proceedings which were pending at that date.] 6 [The proviso shall also apply in 4 [India] 7 [** *]8 after the separation of Pakistan from India to probates and lettersof administration granted before the date of the separation, or after that datein proceedings pending at that date, in any of the territories which on thatdate constituted Pakistan.] ______________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1948, for "thewhole of British India". 2. The words "of India" omitted by the A.O.1950. 3. Inserted by A.O. 1937. 4. Substituted by Act 3 of 1951,section 3 andSchedule, for "the States". 5. 1st April, 1937. 6. Added by the A. O. 1948. 7. The words "of India" omitted by Act 42of 1953, section 4 and Schedule III. 8. 15th August, 1947.
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