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Displaced Persons (Debts Adjustment) Act, 1951 Section 22

Title: Apportionment of Joint Debts

State: Central

Year: 1951

.....the debtor became a displaced person, and the value of the immovable property shall be deemed to be the value of the verified claim in respect thereof; (g) where the relationship between the joint debtors is that of principal and surety, nothing contained in this Act shall prevent the institution of a suit for the recovery of the debt against the surety but no decree shall be passed in such suit for an amount in excess of the amount decreed or which can be decreed against the principal debtor in accordance with the provisions of this Act: Provided that the total amount which may be recovered from the principal debtor and the surety shall not exceed the amount decreed or which can be decreed by the Tribunal against the principal debtor in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

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Displaced Persons Debts Adjustment Act, 1951 Section 22

Title: Apportionment of Joint Debts

State: Central

Year: 1951

.....the debtor became a displaced person, and the value of the immovable property shall be deemed to be the value of the verified claim in respect thereof; (g) where the relationship between the joint debtors is that of principal and surety, nothing contained in this Act shall prevent the institution of a suit for the recovery of the debt against the surety but no decree shall be passed in such suit for an amount in excess of the amount decreed or which can be decreed against the principal debtor in accordance with the provisions of this Act: Provided that the total amount which may be recovered from the principal debtor and the surety shall not exceed the amount decreed or which can be decreed by the Tribunal against the principal debtor in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

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Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 43

Title: Any One of Joint Promisors May Be Compelled to Perform

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....D the sum of 3,000 rupees. C is compelled to pay the whole. A is insolvent, but his assets are sufficient to pay one-half of his debts. C is entitled to receive 500 rupees from A's estate, and 1,250 rupees from B. (c) A, B and C are under a joint promise to pay D 3,000 rupees. C is unable to pay anything, and A is compelled to pay the whole. A is entitled to receive 1,500 rupees from B. (d) A, B and C are under a joint promise to pay D 3,000 rupees, A and B being only sureties for C. C fails to pay. A and B are compelled to pay the whole sum. They are entitled to recover it from C. ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 12 of 1891, section 2 and Schedule II Pt. I for "one".

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Government of India Act, 1935 [Repealed] Section 31

Title: Joint Sitting Both Chambers in Certain Cases

State: Central

Year: 1935

.....shall meet accordingly: Provided that, if it appears to the Governor-General that the Bill is such a Bill as is mentioned in the proviso to sub-section (1) of this, section, he may summon the Chambers to meet in a joint sitting for the purpose aforesaid at any date, whether in the same session or in the next session. (3) The functions of the Governor-General under the provisos to the two last preceding sub-sections shall be exercised by him in his discretion. (4) If at the joint sitting of the two Chambers the Bill, with such amendments, if any, as are agreed to in joint sitting, is passed by a majority of the total number of members of both Chambers present and voting, it shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to have been passed by both Chambers: Provided that at a joint sitting-- (a) if the Bill, having been passed by one Chamber, has not been passed by the other Chamber with amendments and returned to the Chamber in which it originated, no amendment shall be proposed to the Bill other than such amendments (if any) as are made necessary by the delay in the passage of the Bill ; (b) if the Bill has been so passed and returned, only such amendments as.....

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Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 44

Title: Effect of Release of One Joint Promisor

State: Central

Year: 1872

Where two or more persons have made a joint promise, a release of one of such joint promisors by the promisee does not discharge the other joint promisor or joint promisors; neither does it free the joint promisors so released from responsibility to the other joint promisor or joint promisors.1 ______________________ 1 . See section 138. infra.

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Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 45

Title: Devolution of Joint Rights

State: Central

Year: 1872

When a person has made a promise to two or more persons jointly, then, unless a contrary intention appears from the contract, the right to claim performance rests, as between him and them, with them during their joint lives, and, after the death of any of them, with the representative of such deceased person jointly with the survivor or survivors, and, after the death of the last survivor, with the representatives of all jointly.1 Illustration A, in consideration of 5,000 rupees, lent to him by B and C, promises B and C jointly to repay them that sum with interest on a day specified. B dies. The right to claim performance rests with B's representative jointly with C during C's life, and after the death of C with the representatives of B and C jointly. ______________________ 1 . For an exception to section 45 in case of Government securities, see the Public Debt Act, 1944 (18 of 1944), section 8.

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Constitution of India Article 108

Title: Joint Sitting of Both Houses in Certain Cases

State: Central

Year: 1950

.....returned to the House in which it originated, no amendment shall be proposed to the Bill other than such amendments (if any) as are made necessary by the delay in the passage of the Bill; (b) if the Bill has been so passed and returned, only such amendments as aforesaid shall be proposed to the Bill and such other amendments as are relevant to the matters with respect to which the Houses have not agreed; and the decision of the person presiding as to the amendments which are admissible under this clause shall be final. (5) A joint sitting may be held under this article and a Bill passed thereat, notwithstanding that a dissolution of the House of the People has intervened since the President notified his intention to summon the Houses to meet therein.

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BOMBAY CIVIL COURTS ACT, 1869 Section 13

Title: Enactments applied to Joint District Judge; Joint District Judge's Seal

State: Central

Year: 1869

Enactments applied to 1 [Joint District Judge;] 1 [Joint District Judge's] Seal All Regulations and Acts now or hereafter in force and applying to a District Judge shall be deemed to apply also to the 1 [Joint District Judge] and the seal of the 1 [Joint District Judge] shall be the same as is used by the District Judge. _______________________ 1. Substituted for the words 'Royal Arms" by Bom Act 22 of 1949, Section 3.

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Bengal Bonded Warehouse Association Act, 1838 Section 19

Title: Votes of Joint Proprietors Shares

State: Central

Year: 1838

1 * * * If more persons than one, being partners in trade, shall be joint proprietors of two or more shares of the said Capital Stock, and shall agree to give a joint vote or joint votes, such joint vote or joint votes, shall be received in all respects as the vote or votes of a single proprietor would be received. _______________________ 1. The words "And it is hereby enacted, that" omitted by Act 12 of 1891, section 2 and Schedule I.

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Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 42

Title: Devolution of Joint Liabilities

State: Central

Year: 1872

When two or more persons have made a joint promise, then, unless a contrary intention appears by the contract, all such persons, during their joint lives, and, after the death of any of them, his representative jointly with the survivor or survivors, and, after the death of the last survivor, the representatives of all jointly, must fulfil the promise.

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