Bare Act Search Results

Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 178

Title: Pledge by Mercantile Agent

State: Central

Year: 1872

1 [178. Pledge by mercantile agent Wherea mercantile agent is, with the consent of the owner, in possession of goods orthe document of title to goods, any pledge made by him, when acting in theordinary course of business of a mercantile agent, shall be as valid as if hewere expressly authorised by the owner of the goods to make the same; providedthat the pawnee acts in good faith and has not at the time of the pledge noticethat the pawnor has not authority to pledge. Explanation.-In this section, the expressions 'mercantile agent' and 'documents of title'shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indian Sale of Goods Act, 1930(3 of 1930). _______________________ 1. Section178 and 178A Substituted by Act 4 of 1930, section 2, for the original section178.

Sale of Goods Act, 1930 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1930

.....identified and agreed upon at the time a contract of sale is made; and (15) expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in the Contract Act, 1872, have the meanings assigned to them in that Act. Section 3 Application of provisions of Act 9 of 1872 The unrepealed provisions of the Contract Act, 1872, save insofar as they are inconsistent with the express provisions of this Act, shall continue to apply to contracts for the sale of goods. CHAPTER 2 FORMATION OF THE CONTRACT Section 4 Sale and agreement to sell (1) A contract of sale of goods is a contract whereby the seller transfers or agrees to transfer the property in goods to the buyer for a price. There may be a contract of sale between one part-owner and another. (2) A contract of sale may be absolute or conditional. (3) Where under a contract of sale the property in the goods is transferred from the seller to the buyer, the contract is called a sale, but where the transfer of the property in the goods is to take place at a future time or subject to some condition thereafter to be fulfilled, the contract is called an agreement to sell. (4) An agreement to sell becomes a sale when the time elapses or.....

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",.....

Indian Contract Act, 1872 Chapter 9

Title: Of Bailment

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....has been declared to apply to the responsibility of the Trustees of thePort of Madras as to goods in their possession, see the Madras Port Trust Act,1905 (Madras Act 2 of 1905). 2. As toRailway contracts, see the Indian Railways Act, 1890 (9 of 1890), section 72 [Ed. The Indian Railways Act, 1890 (9 of 1980) has been repealed by the RailwaysAct, 1989 (24 of 1989), sec. 200.] Section 162 - Termination of gratuitous bailment by death A gratuitous bailment is terminated by the death either of the bailor or of the bailee. Section 163 - Bailor entitled to increase or profit from goods bailed In the absence of any contract to the contrary, the bailee is bound to deliver to the bailor, or according to his directions, any increase or profit which may have accrued from the goods bailed. Illustrations A leaves a cow in the custody of B to be taken care of. The cow has a calf. B is bound to deliver the calf as well as the cow to A. Section 164 - Bailors responsibility to bailee The bailor is responsible to the bailee for any loss which the bailee may sustain by reason that the bailor was not entitled to make the bailment, or to receive back the goods or to give.....

Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1980

..... (7) "building of the warehouse class" means a building, the whole or a substantial part of which is used, or intended to be used, as a warehouse, factory, manufactory, brewery, or distillery, or for any similar purpose, which is neither a "domestic building" nor a "public building" as defined in this section, and includes a hut used or intended to be used for any of the purposes mentioned in this clause; (8) "bustee" means an area containing land not less than seven hundred square metres in area occupied by or for the purposes of any collection of huts or other structures used or intended to be used for human habitation. Explanation.-If any question arises as to whether any particular area is or is not a bustee, the Corporation shall decide the question and its decision shall be final; (9) "Kolkata" means the area described in Schedule I; 3 Clause (10) omitted by s. 2 of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1996 (West Ben. Act VI of 1996) (with retrospective effect from 4.12.1995), which was earlier as under: '(10) "candidate" in section 75 and in Schedule III means a person who has been nominated as a candidate at any election of a Councillor or who claims.....

Delhi Sales Tax Act, 1975 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 1975

.....purchased within a period of twelve months prior to the date of registration of the dealer and subjected to tax under the Bengal Finance (Sales Tax) Act, 1941 (Bengal Act VI of 1941) as it was then in force, or under this act; (v) sale to a registered dealer (A) of goods of the class or classes specified in the certificate of such dealer, as being intended for use by him as raw materials in the manufacture in Delhi of any goods, other than goods specified in the Third Schedule or newspapers, (1) for sale by him inside Delhi; or (2) for sale by him in the course of inter-State trade or commerce, being a sale occasioning or effected by transfer of documents of title to such goods during the movement of such goods from Delhi; or (3) for sale by him in the course of export outside India being a sale occasioning the movements of such goods from Delhi, or a sale effected by transfer of documents of title to such goods effected during the movement of such goods from Delhi, to a place outside India and after the goods have crossed the customs frontiers of India; or (B) of goods of the class or classes specified in the certificate of registration of such dealer as being.....

The Sikkim Tax on Professions, Trades, Callings & Employments Act, 2006 Complete Act

State: Sikkim

Year: 2006

.....THE SIKKIM TAX ON PROFESSIONS, TRADES, CALLINGS & EMPLOYMENTS ACT, 2006 THE SIKKIM TAX ON PROFESSIONS, TRADES, CALLINGS & EMPLOYMENTS ACT, 2006 (ACT NO. 5 OF 2006) AN ACT to provide for the levy and collection of a tax on professions, trades, callings and employments for raising additional resources for the benefit of the State. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Sikkim in the Fifty-seventh Year of the Republic of India, as follows:- Short title, extent and commencement 1. (1) This Act may be called the Sikkim Tax on Professions, Trades, Callings and Employments Act, 2006. (2) It extends to the whole of Sikkim. (3) (3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. Definitions 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires;- (a) "Act" means the Sikkim Tax on Professions, Trades, Callings and Employments Act, 2006; (b) "appointed day" means the date on which this Act comes into force; (c) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Profession Tax appointed under section 3 of the Act ; (d) "employee" means a person employed on salary or wages and includes- (i) a Government servant receiving.....

The Mizoram Profesions, Trades, Callings and Employments Taxation Act, 1995. Complete Act

State: Mizoram

Year: 1995

.....MIZORAM PROFESIONS, TRADES, CALLINGS AND EMPLOYMENTS TAXATION ACT, 1995. THE MIZORAM PROFESIONS, TRADES, CALLINGS AND EMPLOYMENTS TAXATION ACT, 1995. (The Mizoram Act No. 7 of 1995) Received the assent of the Governor of Mizoram on the 6th November, 1995. An Act to levy a tax on professions, trades, callings and employments in the state of Mizoram to make an additional resources to the revenue of Mizoram and, for that purpose, it is expedient to impose a tax on professions, trades callings and employments. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram in the forty sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows. 1. Short title, extent and commencement: (1) This Act may be called the Mizoram Professions, Trades, Callings and Employments; taxation Act, 1995. (2) It shall extend to the whole of Mizoram excluding the areas of Lai, Mara and Chakma Autonomous District Councils in Chhimtuipui District. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 2. Definitions: In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- (a) "Appellate Assistant Commissioner of Taxes" means a person's.....

The Kerala Headload Workers ( Amendment) Act, 2008 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 2008

.....to amend the Kerala Headload Workers Act, 1978 and to repeal the Kerala Loading and Unloading (Regulation of Wages and Restriction of Unlawful Practices) Act, 2002. Preamble.- WHEREAS, it is expedient further to amend the Kerala Headload Workers Act, 1978 and to repeal the Kerala Loading and Unloading(Regulation of Wages and Restriction of Unlawful Practices) Act, 2002 for the purposes hereinafter appearing; BE it enacted in the Fifty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- 1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Kerala Headload Workers (Amendment) Act, 2008. (2) It shall come into force at once. 2. Amendment of section 2.- In section 2 of the Kerala Headload Workers Act, 1978 (20 of 1980) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act),- (a) in clause (g) for the words "or in groups for the purpose of engaging them in such establishment and includes a sub-contractor and a broker", the words "for the purpose of engaging them in such establishment and includes a sub-contractor, a broker, a clearing and forwarding agent, commission agent, mercantile agent, consignment agent or the owner of a vehicle laden with goods" shall be substituted: (b).....

The Assam Value Added Tax Act, 2003 Complete Act

State: Assam

Year: 2003

.....for carrying out the purposes of the Act; (11) "company" and "director" shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Companies Act. 1956; (Central Act 1 of 1958) (12) "contractee" means any person for whom or for whose benefit a works contract is executed; (13) "contractor" means any person who executes a works contract and includes a sub-contractor; (14) "to cultivate personally" with all its grammatical variations and cognate expressions means to carry on any agricultural operation on one's own account,- (i) by one's own labour, or (ii) by the labour of one's family, or (iii) by servants on wages payable in cash or kind (but not in crop share), or by hired labour under one's personal supervision or the personal supervision of any member of one's family. Explanation I.- A widow or a minor, or a person who is subject to any physical or mental disability or is a serving member of the armed forces of the Union, shall be deemed to cultivate land personally if it is cultivated by her or his servants or by hired labour. Explanation II.- In the case of a Hindu Undivided Family, land shall be deemed to be cultivated personally, if it is cultivated by.....