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Indian Bills of Lading Act, 1856 Complete Act

Title: Indian Bills of Lading Act, 1856

State: Central

Year: 1856

Preamble1 - INDIAN BILLS OF LADING ACT, 1856 Section1 - Rights under bills of lading to vest in consignee or endorsee Section2 - Not to affect right of stoppage in transit or claims for freight Section3 - Bill of lading in hands of consignee, etc. conclusive evidence of the shipment as against master etc

Indian Bills of Lading Act, 1856 Preamble 1

Title: Indian Bills of Lading Act, 1856

State: Central

Year: 1856

INDIAN BILLS OF LADING ACT, 1856 [Act, No. 9 of 1856] [11th April, 1956] PREAMBLE An Act to amend the law relating to Bills of Lading. WHEREAS by the custom of merchants a bill of lading of goods being transferable by endorsement, the property in the goods may thereby pass to the endorsee, but nevertheless all rights in respect of the contract contained in the bill of lading continue in the original shipper or owner, and it is expedient that such rights should pass with the property; AND WHEREAS it frequently happens that the goods in respect of which bills of lading purport to be signed have not been laden on board, and it is proper that such bills of lading in the hands of a bona fide holder for value should not be questioned by the master or other person signing the same, on the ground of the goods not having been laden as aforesaid, It is enacted as follows: -

Indian Bills of Lading Act, 1856 Section 1

Title: Rights Under Bills of Lading to Vest in Consignee or Endorsee

State: Central

Year: 1856

Every consignee of goods named in a bill of lading and every endorsee of a bill of lading to whom the property in the goods therein mentioned shall pass, upon or by reason of such consignment or endorsement shall have transferred to and vested in him all rights of suit, and be subject to the same liabilities in respect of such goods as if the contract contained in the bill of lading had been made with himself.

Indian Bills of Lading Act, 1856 Section 3

Title: Bill of Lading in Hands of Consignee, Etc. Conclusive Evidence of the Shipment as Against Master Etc

State: Central

Year: 1856

Every bill of lading in the hands of a consignee or endorsee for valuable consideration representing goods to have been shipped on board a vessel, shall be conclusive evidence of such shipment as against the master or other person signing the same, notwithstanding that such goods or some part thereof may not have been so shipped, unless such holder of the bill of lading shall have had actual notice at the time of receiving the same that the goods had not in fact been laden on board: PROVIDED that the master or other person so signing may exonerate himself, in respect of such misrepresentation, by showing that it was caused without any default on his part, and wholly by the fraud of the shipper or of the holder, or some person under whom the holder claims.

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.....

Indian Bills of Lading Act, 1856 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1856

.....OF THE SHIPMENT AS AGAINST MASTER ETC Every bill of lading in the hands of a consignee or endorsee for valuable consideration representing goods to have been shipped on board a vessel, shall be conclusive evidence of such shipment as against the master or other person signing the same, notwithstanding that such goods or some part thereof may not have been so shipped, unless such holder of the bill of lading shall have had actual notice at the time of receiving the same that the goods had not in fact been laden on board : Provided that the master or other person so signing may exonerate himself, in respect of such misrepresentation, by showing that it was caused without any default on his part, and wholly by the fraud of the shipper or of the holder, or some person under whom the holder claims. Central Bare Acts

The Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2011 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 2011

.....of the Delhi Development Act, 1957.- Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, in case of any repugnancy between the provisions of this Act and the provisions of the Delhi Development Act, 1957, the provisions of the Delhi Development Act, 1957 shall prevail over the provisions of this Act. 22. Substitution of Fourteenth Schedule.- In the principal Act, for the Fourteenth Schedule, the following schedule shall be substituted, namely:- THE FOURTEENTH SCHEDULE (See section 3A) THE NAME, AREAS AND LIMITS OF CORPORATIONS S.No. Name of the Corporations Ward No. Name of the ward Name of the Zone 1. North Delhi Municipal Corporation 1 Narela Narela 2 Bankner 3 Alipur 4 Bakhtawar Pur 5 Bhalswa Jahangir Puri Civil Lines Civil Lines 6 Mukund Pur 7 Burari 8 Jharoda 9 Malka Ganj 10 Timar Pur 11 Mukherjee Nagar 12 G.T.B. Nagar 13 Dhir Pur 14 Adarsh Nagar 15 Sarai Pipal Thala 16 Jahagir Puri " I 17 Samaypur Badli 18 Lobas Pur .....

THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MEGHALAYA (MEMBERS' PENSION) (AMENDMENT) BILL, 1992 Complete Act

State: Meghalaya

Year: 1992

.....of Meghalaya (Members' Pension) (Amendment) Act, 1992. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st April, 1992. Amendment of section 3 of Act 6 of 1977. 2. In section 3 of the Legislative Assembly of Meghalaya (Members' Pension) Act, 1977 as amended, (hereinafter referred to as the principle Act), in sub-section (1) (a) for the words "seven hundred and fifty rupees" the word "one thousand rupees" shall be substituted. (b) in the second proviso thereto, for the words "fifty" and "five hundred" the words "one hundred" and "two thousand" respectively shall be substituted. Revised rate of pension to apply to Ex-Members of Legislative Assembly. 3. The revised rate of pension under section 2 shall, with effect from the commencement of this act, also apply to all persons receiving pension under the provision of the principal Act before its amendment by this Act. Amendment of the Legislative Assembly of Meghalaya (Members' Pension) (Amendment) Bill, 1992 to be moved by Minister in-charge Finance. That for sub-clause (b) of the Legislative Assembly of Meghalaya (Members' Pension) (Amendment) Bill, 1992, the following shall be substituted :- "(b) for.....

The Kerala State Housing Board Amendment Bill, 2010 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 2010

.....as if it had been provided for this Act. ** ** ** ** 37. Power of Government to transfer any land belong to or vested in them or acquired under the Kerala Land Acquisition Act, to the Board." Whenever the Government consider it expedient or necessary, for the purpose of clearance or improvement of any slum area, to transfer any land in such area belonging to or vested in them or acquired under the provisions of the Kerala Land Acquisition Act, 1961 (Act 21 of 1962), for the purpose of slum clearance, they may do so on such terms and conditions as they may think fit to impose; and direct the Board to undertake the clearance or improvement of that area and to frame and execute such housing or improvement scheme under this Act as the Government may, specify, and the Board shall thereupon undertake the same for execution as if it had been provided for by this Act. Kerala State Acts

THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MEGHALAYA (MEMBERS' SALARIES & ALLOWANCES) (AMENDMENT) BILL, 1985 Complete Act

State: Meghalaya

Year: 1985

.....Telephone connection and Telephone charges. 4A. (1) Each member shall be entitled to have a telephone connection in a place of his choice where he normally resides or carries on his duties as a member of the Assembly. (2) The installation charge and the annual rents of such telephone shall be borne by the Government and the member shall also be paid telephone allowance of two hundred rupees per month for telephone calls and the charges for the charges for the excess over the minimum call permissible to the subscriber (3) The telephone allowance under this Section shall be paid to each member irrespective of the fact whether or not telephone connection have provided to him. Meghalaya State Acts