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Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 137

Title: Creditors Forbearance to Sue Does Not Discharge Surety

State: Central

Year: 1872

Mere forbearance on the part of the creditor to sue the principal debtor or to enforce any other remedy against him, does not, in the absence of any provision in the guarantee to the contrary, discharge the surety. Illustration B owes to C a debt guaranteed by A. The debt becomes payable. C does not sue B for a year after the debt has become payable. A is not discharged from his suretyship.

Indian Contract Act, 1872 Chapter 8

Title: Of Indemnity and Guarantee

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....of a certain sum of 200 rupees. This is a contract of indemnity. Section 125 - Rights of indemnity- holder when sued The promisee in a contract of indemnity, acting within the scope of his authority, is entitled to recover from the promisor (1) all damages which he may be compelled to pay in any suit in respect of any matter to which the promise to indemnify applies; (2) all costs which he may be compelled to pay in any such suit if, in bringing or defending it, he did not contravene the orders of the promisor, and acted as it would have been prudent for him to act in the absence of any contract of indemnity, or if the promisor authorized him to bring or defend the suit; (3) all sums which he may have paid under the terms of any compromise of any such suit, if the compromise was not contrary to the orders of the promisor, and was one which it would have been prudent for the promisee to make in the absence of any contract of indemnity, or if the promisor authorized him to compromise the suit. Section 126 - Contract of guarantee, Surety, Principal debtor and creditor A contract of guarantee is a contract to perform the promise, or discharge the liability, of a.....

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Chapter III

Title: Offences and Penalties

State: Central

Year: 1988

.....on his behalf, is in possession or has, at any time during the period of his office, been in possession for which the public servant cannot satisfactorily account, of pecuniary resources or property disproportionate to his known sources of income. Explanation. For the purposes of this section, "known sources of income" means income received from any lawful source and such receipt has been intimated in accordance with the provisions of any law, rules or orders for the time being applicable to a public servant. (2) Any public servant who commits criminal misconduct shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than one year but which may extend to seven years and shall also be liable to fine. Section 14 - Habitual committing of offence under sections 8, 9 and 12 Whoever habitually commits (a) an offence punishable under section 8 or section 9; or (b) an offence punishable under section 12,shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than two years but which may extend to seven years and shall also be liable to fine. Section 15 - Punishment for attempt Whoever attempts to commit an offence referred to in.....

The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1988

.....he knows to be inadequate, from any person whom he knows to have been, or to be, or to be likely to be concerned in any proceeding or business transacted or about to be transacted by such public servant, or having any connection with the official functions of himself or of any public servant to whom he is subordinate, or from any person whom he knows to be interested in or related to the person so concerned, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than six months but which may extend to five years and shall also be liable to fine. 12.Punishment for abetment of offences defined in section 7 irregular 11 .- Whoever abets any offence punishable under section 7 or section 11 whether or not that offence is committed in consequence of that abetment, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall be not less than six months but which may extend to five years and shall also be liable to five. 13.Criminal, misconduct by a public servant .- (1) A public servant is said to commit the offence of criminal misconduct, -- (a) if he habitually accepts or obtained or agrees to accept or attempts to obtain from any person for himself or.....

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1997

.....the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission established under sub-section (1) of Section 5 of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 -(54 of 1969); (b) the complaint of an individual consumer maintainable before a Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum or a Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission or the National Consumer Redressal Commission established under Section 9 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 -(68 of 1986); (c) dispute between telegraph authority and any other person referred to in sub-section (1) of section 7 -B of the Indian telegraph Act, 1885 -(13 of 1885). SECTION 15: FILING OF APPLICATION TO AUTHORITY AND PROCEDURE FOR PASSING ORDER BY IT (1) An aggrieved person may make an application in respect of matters referred to in sub-section (2) of section 14-within such period as may be prescribed. Explanation.-For the purposes of this sub-section, the expression "aggrieved person" means- (i) any service provider who has a dispute in respect of matters referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) of sub -section (2) of section 14;- (ii) where any loss or damages is caused to a group of consumers, any member representing such group of consumers. (2).....

The Kerala Public Mens Corruption (Investigations and Inquiries) Act, 1987 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1987

.....by Notification. No. 15902/Leg.B1/87/Law dated 16-11-1988 with immediate effect.) THE KERALA PUBLIC MEN'S CORRUPTION (INVESTIGATIONS AND INQUIRIES) ACT, 1987 [Act No 24 of 1988] PREAMBLE An Act to make provision for the constitution of a Commission for investigation of, and inquiry into, complaints against public men and for matters connected therewith. WHEREAS it is expedient to make provisions for the constitution of a Commission to deal effectively with the investigation of, and inquiry into, complaints against public men and for matters connected therewith; BE it enacted in the Thirty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Kerala Public Men's Corruption (Investigations and Inquiries) Act, 1987. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala. (3) It shall come into force at once. Section 2 - Definitions In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires.-- (a) "Commission" means a commission constituted under S (b) "complaint" means a complaint alleging that a public man has committed corruption; (c) "competent authority" in relation to a public man.....

Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 127

Title: Consideration for Guarantee

State: Central

Year: 1872

Anything done, or any promise made, for the benefit of the principal debtor, may be a sufficient consideration to the surety for giving the guarantee. Illustrations (a) B requests A to sell and deliver to him goods on credit. A agrees to do so, provided C will guarantee the payment of the price of the goods. C promises to guarantee the payment in consideration of A's promise to deliver the goods. This is a sufficient consideration for C's promise. (b) A sells and delivers goods to B. C afterwards requests A to forbear to sue B for the debt for a year, and promises that, if he does so, C will pay for them in default of payment by B. A agrees to forbear as requested. This is a sufficient consideration for C's promise. (c) A sells and delivers goods to B. C afterwards, without consideration, agrees to pay for them in default of B. The agreement is void.

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 Section 7

Title: Public Servant Taking Gratification Other Than Legal Remuneration in Respect of an Official Act

State: Central

Year: 1988

.....a motive or reward for doing or forbearing to do any official act or for showing or forbearing to show, in the exercise of his official functions, favour or disfavour to any person or forrendering or attempting to render any service or disservice to any person, with the Central Government or any State Government or Parliament or the Legislature of any State or with any local authority, corporation or Government company referred to in clause (c) of section 2, or with any public servant, whether named or otherwise, shall be punishable with imprisonment which shall be not less than six months but which may extend to five years and shall also be liable to fine. Explanation. (a) "Expecting to be a public servant." If a person not expecting to be in office obtains a gratification by deceiving others into a belief that he is about to be in office, and that he will when serve them, be may be guilty of cheating, but he is not guilty of the offence defined in this section. (b) "Gratification." The word gratification" is not restricted to pecuniary gratifications or to gratifications estimable in money. (c) "Legal remuneration." The words "legal remuneration" are not restricted to.....

Government of India Act, 1833 [Repealed] Section 80

Title: Disobedience of Orders & Breach of Trust by Officers or Servants or the Company in India, Misdemeanors

State: Central

Year: 1833

* * *1 every wilful disobeying, and every wilful omitting,forbearing, or neglecting to execute the orders or instructions of the said court ofdirectors by any governor general of India, governor, member of council, or commander in chief,or by any other of the officers or servants of the said company, unless in cases ofnecessity (the burthen of the proof of which necessity shall be on theperson so disobeying or omitting, forbearing or neglecting, to execute such orders orinstructions as aforesaid), and every wilful breach of the trust and duty ofany office or employment by any such governor general, governor, member of council, or commander in chief,or any of the officers or servants of the said company, shall be deemedand taken to be a misdemeanor at law, and shall or may be proceeded against andpunished as such by virtue of this Act. ___________________________ 1. Enacting words repealed (U.K.), 51&52 Vict., c. 57 (S.L.R.).

Contract Act, 1872 Complete Act

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 to another his willingness to do or to abstain from doing anything, with a view to obtaining the assent of that other to such act or abstinence, he is said to make a proposal: (b) When the person to whom the proposal is made signifies his assent thereto, the proposal is said to be accepted. A proposal, when accepted, becomes a promise: (c) The person making the proposal is called the "promisor",.....