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Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 1

Title: Short Title, Extent and Commencement

State: Central

Year: 1872

This Act may be called the Indian Contract Act, 1872. Extent, Commencement--It extends to the whole of India1[except the State of Jammu and Kashmir]; and it shall come into force on the first day of September, 1872. Enactments Repealed-2[* * *] Nothing herein contained shall affect the provisions of any Statute, Act or Regulation not hereby expressly repealed, nor any usage or custom of trade, nor any incident of any contract, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act _______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 3 of 1951, section 3 and Schedule, for "except part B States". 2. The Words "The enactments mentioned in the Schedule here to are repealed to the extent specified in the third column thereof, but" rep. by Act 10 of 1914, section 3 and Schedule II.

Indian Evidence Act 1872 Part 2

Title: On Proof

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....the facts admitted to be proved otherwise than by such admission. INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT 1872Chapter 4 - OF ORAL EVIDENCE Section 59 - Proof of facts by oral evidence All facts, except the 1 [contents of documents or electronic records], may be proved by oral evidence. _____________________ 1. Substituted by Act 21 of 2000, section 92 and Schedule II, for "contents of documents" (w.e.f. 17-10-2000). Section 60 - Oral evidence must be direct Oral evidence must, in all cases whatever, be direct; that is to say-- If it refers to a fact which could be seen, it must be the evidence of a witness who says he saw it; If it refers to a fact which could be heard, it must be the evidence of a witness who says he heard it; If it refers to a fact which could be perceived by any other sense or in any other manner, it must be the evidence of a witness who says he perceived it by that senseor in that manner; If it refers to an opinion or to the grounds on which that opinion is held, it must be the evidence of the person who holds that opinion on those grounds: Provided that the opinions of experts expressed in any treatise commonly offered for sate, and the grounds on.....

Indian Evidence Act, 1872 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....to another when the one is connected with the other in any of the ways referred to in the provisions of this Act relating to the relevancy of facts. "Facts in issue" " The expression "facts in issue" means and includes " any fact from which, either by itself or in connection with other facts, the existence, non-existence, nature or extent of any right, liability, or disability, asserted or denied on any suit or proceeding, necessarily follows. Explanation - Whenever, under the provisions of the law for the time being in force relating to Civil Procedure, any Court records an issue of fact, the fact to be asserted or denied in the answer to such issue is a fact in issue. Illustrations A is accused of the murder of B. At his trial the following facts may be in issue:- That caused A B's death; That A intended to cause Bs' death; That A had received grave and sudden provocation from B; That A, at the time of doing the act which caused B's death, was, by reason of unsoundness of mind, incapable of knowing its nature. "Documents" " "Documents" means any matter expressed of described upon any substance by means of letters, figures or marks, or by more than one of those means,.....

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",.....

Christian Marriage Act, 1872 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....Marriages' means 'the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages appointed under the Mysore Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act, 1956', "-Mysore Act 20 of 1956, S. 1- [29-10-1956] r/w Act 31 of 1973, S. 5 [1-11-1973]. PART 1: THE PERSONS BY WHOM MARRIAGES MAY BE SOLEMNIZED: SECTION 4: Marriages to be solemnized according to Act: Every marriage between persons, one or Marriages both of whom is [or are] a Christian or .Christians, shall be solemnized in accordance with the provisions of the next following section; and any such marriage solemnized otherwise than in accordance with such provisions shall be void. SECTION 5: Persons by whom marriages may be solemnized: Marriages may be solemnized in [India]- (1) by any person who has received episcopal ordination; provided that the marriage be solemnized according to the rules, rites, ceremonies and customs of the Church of which he is a Minister; (2) by any Clergyman of the Church of Scotland, provided that such marriage besolemnized according to the rules, rites, ceremonies and customs of the Church of Scotland; (3) by any Minister of Religion licensed under this Act to solemnize marriages; .....

Punjab Laws Act, 1872 Complete Act

Title: Punjab Laws Act, 1872

State: Central

Year: 1872

Preamble1 - PUNJAB LAWS ACT, 1872 Section1 - Short title Section2 - Local extent Section3 - Enactments in force Section4 - Enactments repealed Section5 - Decisions in certain cases to be according to Native law Section6 - Decisions cases not specially provided for Section7 - Local customs and mercantile usages when vaild Section8 - [Repealed] Section8A - [Repealed] Section8B - [Repealed] Section8C - [Repealed] Section9 - [Repealed] Section10 - [Repealed] Section11 - [Repealed] Section12 - [Repealed] Section13 - [Repealed] Section14 - [Repealed] Section15 - [Repealed] Section16 - [Repealed] Section17 - [Repealed] Section18 - [Repealed] Section19 - [Repealed] Section20 - [Repealed] Section21 - Copy of decrees affecting land to be forwarded to Deputy Commissioner. [Repealed] Section22 - [Repealed] Section23 - [Repealed] Section24 - [Repealed] Section25 - [Repealed] Section26 - [Repealed] Section27 - [Repealed] Section28 - [epealed] Section29 - [Repealed] Section30 - [Repealed] Section31 - [Repealed] Section32 - [Repealed] Section33 - Saving of previous insolvency proceedings. [Repealed] Section34 - [Repealed] Section35 - [Repealed] Section36 -.....

Indian Evidence Act 1872 Complete Act

Title: Indian Evidence Act 1872

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....presume" Chapter 2 Section5 - Evidence may be given of facts in issue and relevant facts Section6 - Relevancy of facts forming part of same transaction Section7 - Facts which are the occasion, cause or effect of facts in issue Section8 - Motive, preparation and previous or subsequent conduct Section9 - Facts necessary to explain or introduce relevant facts Section10 - Things said or done by conspirator in reference to common design Section11 - When facts not otherwise relevant become relevant Section12 - In suits for damages, facts tending to enable Court to determine amount are relevant Section13 - Facts relevant when right or custom is in question Section14 - Facts showing existence of state of mind, or of body or bodily feeling Section15 - Facts bearing on question whether act was accidental or intentional Section16 - Existence of course of business when relevant Section17 - Admission defined Section18 - Admission by party to proceeding or his agent by suitor in representative character Section19 - Admissions by persons whose position must be proved as against party to suit Section20 - Admissions by persons expressly referred to by party to suit Section21 -.....

Punjab Laws Act, 1872 Section 7

Title: Local Customs and Mercantile Usages when Vaild

State: Central

Year: 1872

All local customs and mercantile usages shall be regarded valid, unless they are contrary to justice, equity or good conscience or have, before the passing of this Act, been declared to be void be any competent authority.

Punjab Laws Act, 1872 Section 5

Title: Decisions in Certain Cases to Be According to Native Law

State: Central

Year: 1872

In questions regarding succession, special property of females, betrothal, marriage, divorce, dower. adoption, guardianship, minority, can bastardy, family relations, wills, legacies, gifts, partitions, or any ac religious usage or institution, the rule of decision shall be- (a) any custom applicable to the parties concerned, which is not contrary to justice, equity or good conscience, and (Civil Judicature. Descent of jaghirs. Pre-emption. Decrees cerning land. Insolvency. Minors and the Court of Wards): has not been by this or any other enactment altered abolished. and has not been declared to be void by competent authority; (b) the Muhammadan law, in cases where the parties Muhammadans, and the Hindu law, in cases where parties are Hindus, except in so far as such law has be altered or abolished by legislative enactment, or opposed to the provisions of this Act, or has been modified by any such custom as is above referred to.]

Indian Evidence Act 1872 Section 92

Title: Exclusion of Evidence of Oral Agreement

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....or their representatives in interest, for the purpose of contradicting, varying, adding to, or subtracting from, its terms: Proviso (1).-Any fact may be proved which would invalidate any document, or which would entitle any person to any decree or order relating thereto; such as fraud, intimidation, illegality, want of due execution, want of capacity in any contracting party 1 [want or failure] of consideration, or mistake in fact or taw: Proviso (2).-The existence of any separate oral agreement as to any matter on which a document is silent, and which is not inconsistent with its terms, may be proved. In considering whether or not this proviso applies, the Court shall have regard to the degree of formality of the document: Proviso (3).-The existence of any separate oral agreement, constituting a condition precedent to the attaching of any obligation under any such contract, grant or disposition of property, may be proved. Proviso (4).-The existence of any distinct subsequent oral agreement to rescind or modify any such contract, grant or disposition of property, may be proved, except in cases in which such contract, grant or disposition of property is by law.....