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Usury Laws Repeal Act, 1855 Complete Act

Title: Usury Laws Repeal Act, 1855

State: Central

Year: 1855

Preamble1 - THE USURY LAWS REPEAL ACT, 1855 Section1 - [Repealed] Section2 - Rate of interest to be decreed by courts Section3 - Section 3 Section4 - Section 4

Legal Representatives Suits Act, 1855 Complete Act

Title: Legal Representatives Suits Act, 1855

State: Central

Year: 1855

Preamble1 - LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES SUITS Act, 1855 Section1 - Executors may sue and be sued in certain cases for wrongs committed in lifetime of deceased Section2 - Death of either party not be abate suit. Proviso

Sonthal Pargans Act, 1855 Complete Act

Title: Sonthal Pargans Act, 1855

State: Central

Year: 1855

Preamble1 - THE SONTHAL PARGANS ACT, 1855 Section1 - Districts from operation of general Regulation Section2 - Administration Of Justice And Collection Of Revenue Section3 - Administration Of Civil And Criminal Justice Section4 - Decisions Final; Confirmation Of Death Sentence; Appeal; Procedure On References To Sadar Court Section5 - Saving Of Laws Relating To European British Subjects Section6 - Commencement Of Act Schedule1 - The Damin-i-Koh

LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES' SUITS ACT, 1855 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1855

.....of certain wrongs which, according to the present law, do not survive to or against such executors, administrators or representatives. It is enacted as follows :- SECTION 01: EXECUTORS MAY SUE AND BE SUED IN CERTAIN CASES FOR WRONGS COMMITTED IN LIFETIME OF DECEASED An action may be maintained by the executors, administrators or representatives of any person deceased, for any wrong committed in the lifetime of such person, which has occasioned pecuniary loss to his estate, for which wrong an action might have been maintained by such person, so as such wrong shall have been committed within one year before his death4[* * *]; and the damages when recovered, shall be part of the personal estate of such person: and further, an action may be maintained against the executors or administrators or heirs or representatives of any person deceased for any wrong committed by him in his lifetime for which he would have been subject to an action, so as such wrong shall have been committed within one year before such person's death 5[* * *]; and the damages to be recovered in such action shall, if recovered against an executor or administrator bound to administer according to the English.....

Usury Laws Repeal Act, 1855 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1855

.....to be calculated at the rate allowed in the judgment or decree upon the principal sum adjudged, or at such other rate as the Court shall think fit. SECTION 04: CONTRACTS FOR USUFRUCT OF PROPERTY IN LIEU OF INTEREST A mortgage or other contract for the loan of money, by which it is agreed that the use or usufruct of any property shall be allowed in lieu of interest, shall be binding upon the parties. SECTION 05: AMOUNT OF INTEREST TO BE DEPOSITED IN CERTAIN CASES OF CONDITIONAL SALES UNDER BENGAL REGULATIONS Whenever, under the Regulations of the Bengal Code, a deposit may be made of the principal sum and interest due upon any mortgage or conditional sale of land hereafter to be entered into, the amount of interest to be deposited shall be at the rate stipulated in the contract, or, if no rate has been stipulated and interest be payable under the terms of the contract, at the rate of twelve per centum per annum. Proviso Provided that, in the latter case, the amount deposited shall be subject to the decision of the Court as to the rate at which interest shall be calculated. SECTION 06: RATE OF INTEREST ON FUTURE ADJUSTMENTS OF ACCOUNTS In any case in which an adjustment of.....

Sonthal Parganas Act, 1855 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1855

.....from the operation of such laws the district called the Damin-i-Koh, and other districts which are inhabited principally by that tribe: It is enacted as follows ,- SECTION 01: DISTRICTS REMOVED FROM OPERATION OF GENERAL REGULATIONS 2Clause 1.- The districts described in the Schedule to this Act are hereby removed from the operation of the general Regulations of the Bengal Code and of the laws passed by the Governor-General of India in Council, except so far as is hereinafter provided; and3[no Central Act passed before the commencement of Part III of the Government of India Act, 1935,] shall be deemed to extend to any part of the said districts, unless the same shall be specially named therein : Proviso. Provided that nothing herein contained shall4[* * *] remove any part of the said districts from the operation of5Regulation 10 of 1804 of the Bengal Code; nor permanently settled land revenue due under the same, nor any law relating to the sale of lands for arrears of revenue, or relating to patni taluks or to the sale thereof for arrears of rent, nor any law relating to mutations or batwara or to any other matter to which the6[State Government] shall at any time notify in.....

Fatal Accidents Act, 1855 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1855

.....excluded by the context or by the nature of the subject-matter; that is to say,6[* * *] the word "person" shall apply to bodies politic and corporate; and the word "parent" shall include father and mother, grand-father and grand- mother; and the word "child" shall include son and daughter, and grand-son and grand-daughter, and step-son and step-daughter. Footnotes: 2. Inserted by the Part B Stales (Laws) Act, 1951. 3. Section I renumbered as section 1A Act, 1951 . 4. The words 'And it is enacted further that" omitted by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1914. 5. The words "and that every such action shall be brought within twelve calendar months after the death of such deceased person" omitted by the Indian Limitation Act, 1871. For limitation, see now the Indian Limitation Act, 1908 (9 of 1908). 6. Certain words omitted by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1914. Central Bare Acts

The (Bengal) Embankment Act, 1855 Complete Act

State: Orissa

Year: 1855

.....the Collector shall thereupon proceed to value and make compensation for such huts, trees and crops, in the manner prescribed in Section 12 of this Act. Section 8 - Section 8 Clause 1. Application by land-holder to have a sluice made in public embankment - If any land-holder, farmer or cultivator be desirous of having a sluice made in any public embankment for the purpose of drainage or irrigation, he shall make an application in writing to the Collector of the district in which such embankment is situate. The application shall contain such particulars of the land to be drained or irrigated as may enable the officers of the Crown to judge of the advantage which may be derived from the work, and shall declare as regards an embankment maintained at the expense of the State, whether the applicant is willing to bear such part, not exceeding half of the cost thereof, as may be determined by the Provincial Government; and, as regards any other public embankment whether the applicant is willing to defray the whole or such part of the cost incidental to and attendant on, the proposed work, as may be determined as aforesaid. Clause 2. Officer in immediate charge to report on.....

Life Insurance Corporation (Modification of Settlements) Act, 1976 Complete Act

Title: Life Insurance Corporation (Modification of Settlements) Act, 1976

State: Central

Year: 1976

Preamble1 - LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION (MODIFICATION OF SETTLEMENTS) ACT, 1976 Section1 - Short title Section2 - Definitions Section3 - Modification of settlements

Bengal Alluvial Land Settlement Act, 1858 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1858

.....1, section 4, Regulation XI, 1825. It shall be the duty of all officers making settlements of such land, whether the land be settled separately or incorporated with the original estate, to ascertain and record all such rights according to the rules prescribed in Regulation VII, 1822; and to determine whether any and what additional rent shall be payable in respect of the alluvial land by the person or persons entitled to any under-tenure in the original estate. The provisions of the said Regulation, so far as the same may be applicable, are hereby declared to extend to all settlements made under this Act. Section 3 . [Separate settlements heretofore made; saving of right.] Rep. by Act 1 of 1903. West Bengal State Acts