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Bengal Excise Act, 1909 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1909

.....spirits of wine, spirit, wine, tari, pachwai, beer, 2828. Words and figures subs. for the words and figures "Section 261 of the Bengal Municipal Act 1884" by W.B. Act 34 of 1965. * * * * * and any substance which the 2929. Word subs. for the words "excisable article" by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937. [State Government] may, by notification, declare to be liquor for the purposes of this Act. 3030. Word subs. for the words "excisable articles" by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order. 1937. Explanatton. In this clause "spirit of wine" means plain spirit of or above such strength as the State Government may, by notification, specify ; (15) "manufacture" includes (I) every process, whether natural or artificial, by which any 3131. Word subs. for the words "excisable article" by the Government of India (Adaptation Indian Laws) Order, 1937. [intoxicant] is produced or prepared (including the tapping of tari-producing trees and the drawing of tart from trees), (II) re-distillation, and (III) every process for the rectification, flavouring, blending or colouring of liquor, 3232. Words subs. for the words "is kept" by W.B. Act.....

Presidency Towns Insolvency Act, 1909 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1909

....."If this Bill be passed into law it will be necessary to repeal the 1848 Act, and this raise a question which deserves consideration. The present Act is an Act of the imperial Parliament and a vesting order made under it vests in the assignee by direct operation all the real and personal estate and effects of the insolvent in whatever part of the King's dominions they may be situate or accrue; and a discharge under the Act has effect in every part of those dominions. The Act is one of those which it is within the competency of the Legislative Council of the Governor-General to repeal, but if it be repealed and an Indian Act be substituted, it follows that these advantages must at least for the most part be abandoned, since an Act of the Indian Legislature cannot operate for this purpose outside the limits of India. In 1886 it was proposed that an Act of the Imperial Parliament should be obtained to give this authority to insolvency proceedings in India, but no such Act has as yet been passed. It is believed, however, that the advantages conferred by the Act of 1848 are of no real value, since experience has shown that in practically every case in which there are assets in both.....

Presidency-towns Insolvency Act, 1909 Part III

Title: Administration of Property

State: Central

Year: 1909

.....of the act of insolvency on which an order of adjudication is made against him, or (b) if the insolvent is proved to have committed more acts of insolvency than one, the time of the first of the acts of insolvency proved to have been committed by the insolvent within three months next preceding the date of the presentation of the insolvency petition: Provided that no insolvency petition or order of adjudication shall be rendered invalid by reason of any act of insolvency committed anterior to the debt of the petitioning creditor. Section 52 - Description of insolvents property divisible amongst creditors (1) The property of the insolvent divisible amongst his creditors, and in this Act referred to as the property of the insolvent, shall not comprise the following particulars, namely: (a) property held by the insolvent on trust for any other a person; (b) the tools (if any) of his trade and the necessary wearing apparel, bedding, cooking vessel, and furniture of himself, his wife and children, to a value, inclusive of tools and apparel and other necessaries as aforesaid, not exceeding three hundred rupees in the whole. (2) Subject as aforesaid, the property.....

Presidency-towns Insolvency Act, 1909 Section 46

Title: Debts Provable in Insolvency

State: Central

Year: 1909

..... (2) A person having notice of the presentation of any insolvency petition by or against the debtor shall not prove for any debt or liability contracted by the debtor subsequently to the date of his so having notice. (3) Save as provided by sub-sections (1) and (2), all debts and liabilities, present or future, certain or contingent, to which the debtor is subject when he is adjudged an insolvent or to which he may become subject before his discharge by reason of any obligation incurred before the date of such adjudication, shall be deemed to be debts provable in insolvency. (4) An estimate shall be made by the official assignee of the value of any debt or liability provable as aforesaid which by reason of its being subject to any contingency or contingencies, or for any other reason, does not bear a certain value: Provided that if in his opinion the value of the debt or liability is incapable of being fairly estimated, he shall issue a certificate to that effect, and thereupon the debt or liability shall be deemed to be a debt not provable in insolvency. Explanation.For the purposes of this section "liability" includes any compensation for work or labour done, any.....