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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 23

Title: Calculating Maturity of Bill or Note Payable So Many Months After Date or Sight

State: Central

Year: 1881

In calculating the date at which a promissory note or bill of exchange, made payable at stated number of months after date or after sight, or after a certain event, is at maturity, the period stated shall be held to terminate on the day of months which corresponds with the day on which the instrument is dated, or presented for acceptance or sight, or noted for non-acceptance, or protested for non-acceptance, or the event happens, or, where the instrument is a bill of exchange made payable a stated number of months after sight and has been accepted for honour, with the day on which it was so accepted. If the month in which the period would terminate has no corresponding day, the period shall be held to terminate on the last day of such month. Illustrations (a) A negotiable instrument dated 29th January, 1878, is made payable at one month after date. The instrument is at maturity on the third day after the 28th February, 1878. (b) A negotiable instrument, dated 30th August, 1878, is made payable three months after date. The instrument is at maturity on the 3rd December, 1878. (c) A promissory note or bill of exchange, dated 31st August, 1878, is made payable three months a

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 22

Title: "maturity"

State: Central

Year: 1881

The maturity of a promissory note or bill of exchange is the date at which it falls due. Days of grace.--Every promissory note or bill of exchange which is not expressed to be payable on demand, at sight or on presentment is at maturity on the third day after the day on which it is expressed to be payable.

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 24

Title: Calculating Maturity of Bill or Note Payable So Many Days After Date or Sight

State: Central

Year: 1881

In calculating the date at which a promissory note or bill of exchange made payable a certain number of days after date or after sight or after a certain event is at maturity, the day of the date, or of presentment for acceptance or sight, or of protest for non-acceptance, or on which the event happens, shall be excluded.

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 25

Title: When Day of Maturity is a Holiday

State: Central

Year: 1881

When the day on which a promissory note or bill of exchange is at maturity is a public holiday, the instrument sh all be deemed to be due on the next preceding business day. Explanation.-- The expression "Public holiday" includes Sundays1[* * *] and any other day declared by the2[Central Government], by notification in the Official Gazette, to be a public holiday. ____________________ 1. The words "New-Year's day, Christmas day : if either of such days falls on a Sunday, the next following Monday: Good-Friday;" omitted by Act 37 of 1955, sec. 3 (w .e.f. 1- 4- 1956). 2 . Substituted b y the A.O. 1937 , for "Local Government".

Government Savings Banks Act, 1873 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1873

.....TO LUNATICS If any depositor becomes insane or otherwise incapable of managing his affairs, and if such insanity or incapacity is proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Bank in which his deposit may be, such Secretary may, from time to time, make payments out of the deposit to any proper person, and the receipt of such person, for money paid under this section, shall be a sufficient discharge therefor. Where a committee or manager of the depositor's estate has been duly appointed, nothing in this section authorizes payments to any person other than such committee or manager. SECTION 13: PAYMENT OF MARRIED WOMEN'S DEPOSITS Any deposit made by or on behalf of a married woman, or by or on behalf of a woman who afterwards marries, may be paid to her, whether or not 21 [ section 20 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 ] applies to her marriage; and her receipt for money paid to her under this section shall be a sufficient discharge therefor. SECTION 14: PROTECTION OF ACTION TAKEN IN GOOD FAITH No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Secretary or any other officer of the Government in respect of anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under.....

Government Savings Certificates Act, 1959 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1959

.....or acquired in excess of the limit prescribed in these rules or in contravention of these rules shall be encashed by the holder as soon as the fact of the holding being in excess of the limit or in contravention of these rules is discovered and no interest shall be paid on either the excess holding or any holding in contravention of these rules : Provided that a holding shall not be considered in excess of the limit prescribed in these rules, if it is due to any of the following reasons, namely:- (a) inheritance; (b) award by the Government for meritorious services; (c) survivorship in the case of joint holdings; (d) statutory devolution; and (e) nomination. (2) If any interest has been paid on any excess holding or any holding which is in contravention of these rules, it shall be forthwith refunded to the Government, failing which, the Government shall be entitled to recover the amount involved from any money payable by the Government to the investor or as an arrear of land revenue. RULE 10 TRANSFER FROM ONE OFFICE TO ANOTHER -(1) A holder of a Single Holder Type Certificate or both its holders in the case of a Joint 'A' Type Certificate or either of the holders of a Joint.....

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1881

.....but indorsed the bill to A. A's title is subject to the same objection as the drawer's title. SECTION 60: INSTRUMENT NEGOTIABLE TILL PAYMENT OR SATISFACTION A negotiable instrument may be negotiated (except by the maker, drawee or acceptor after maturity) until payment or satisfaction thereof by the maker, drawee or acceptor at or after maturity, but not after such payment or satisfaction. SECTION 61: PRESENTMENT FOR ACCEPTANCE A bill of exchange payable after sight must, if no time or place is specified therein for presentment, be presented to the drawee thereof for acceptance, if he can, after reasonable search, be found, by a person entitled to demand acceptance within a reasonable time after it is drawn, and in business hours on a business day. In default of such presentment, on party thereto is liable thereon to the person making such default. If the drawee cannot, after reasonable search, be found, the bill is dishonoured. If the bill is directed to the drawee at a particular place, it must be presented at that place, and if at the due date for presentment he cannot, after reasonable search, be found thereon, the bill is dishonoured,20[Where authorised by agreement or.....

Insurance Act, 1938 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1938

.....be made under the foregoing provisions of this section before the application for registration is made whether any such application is or is not in fact made]. (8) A deposit made in cash shall be held by the Reserve Bank of India to the credit of the insurer and shall 153[a] Inserted and deemed always to have been inserted by the Insurance (Amendment) Act, 1940 (20 of 1940), Section 4. [except to the extent, if any, to which the cash has been invested in securities under sub-section (9A)], be returnable to the insurer in cash in any case in which under the provisions of this Act a deposit is to be returned; and any interest accruing due and collected on securities deposited under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall be paid to the insurer, subject only to deduction of the normal commission chargeable for the realization of interest. 154[a] Sub-sections (9), (9A) and (9B) were substituted and deemed always to have been substituted by Act 20 of 1940, Section 4. [(9) The insurer may at any time replace any securities deposited by him under this section with the Reserve Bank of India either by cash or by other approved securities or partly cash and partly by other approved.....

Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (2 of 1934) Section 17

Title: Business Which the Bank May Transact

State: Central

Year: 1934

..... (10) the sale realisation of all property, whether movable or immovable, which may in any way come into the possession of the Bank in satisfaction, or part satisfaction, of any of its claims; (11) the acting as agent for 1 [***] the 2 [Central Government] 80 [or any 5 [State] Government 81 [***] or any local authority 82 [***] 83 [or the Industrial Finance Corporation of India 84 [***] 11 [or any other body corporate which is established or constituted by or under any other law] 10 [or the Government of any such country outside India or 85 [any such person or authority] is may be approved in this behalf by the Central Government] in the transaction of any of the following kinds of business, namely:- (a) the purchase and sale of gold or silver 86 [or foreign exchange]; (b) the purchase, sale, transfer and custody of bills of exchange, securities or shares in any company; (c) the collection of the proceeds, whether principal, interest or dividends, of any securities or shares; (d) the remittance of such proceeds, at the risk of the principal, by bills of exchange payable either in India or elsewhere; (e) the management of public debt; 87 [(f) 88 [***] the.....

Insurance Act, 1938 (4 of 1938) Part II

Title: Provisions Applicable to Insurers

State: Central

Year: 1938

.....be made under the foregoing provisions of this section before the application for registration is made whether any such application is or is not in fact made.] (8) A deposit made in cash shall be held by the Reserve Bank of India to the credit of the insurer and shall 21 [except to the extent, if any, to which the cash has been invested in securities under sub-section (9A)] be returnable to the insurer in cash in any case in which under the provisions of this Act a deposit is to be returned; and any interest accruing due and collected on securities deposited under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall be paid to the insurer, subject only to deduction of the normal commission chargeable for the realization of interest. 22 [(9) The insurer may at any time replace any securities deposited by him under this section with the Reserve Bank of India either by cash or by other approved securities or partly by cash and partly by other approved securities, provided that such cash, or the value of such other approved securities estimated at the market rates prevailing at the time of replacement, or such cash together with such value, as the case may be, is not less than the value of.....