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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 32

Title: Liability of Maker of Note and Acceptor of Bill

State: Central

Year: 1881

In the absence of a contract to the contrary, the maker of a promissory note and the acceptor before maturity of a bill of exchange are bound to pay the amount thereof at maturity according to the apparent tenor of the note or acceptance respectively, and the acceptor of a bill of exchange at or after maturity is bound to pay the amount thereof to the holder on demand. In default of such payment as aforesaid, such maker or acceptor is bound to compensate any party to the note or bill for any loss or damage sustained by him and caused by such default.

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 37

Title: Maker, Drawer and Acceptor Principals

State: Central

Year: 1881

The maker of a promissory note or cheque, the drawer of a bill of exchange until acceptance, and the acceptor are, in the absence of a contract to the contrary, respectively liable thereon as principal debtors, and the other parties thereto are liable thereon as sureties for the maker, drawer or acceptor, as the case may be.

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 71

Title: Presentment when Maker, Etc., Has No Known Place of Business or Residence

State: Central

Year: 1881

If the maker, drawee or acceptor of a negotiable instrument has no known place of business or fixed residence, and no place is specified in the instrument for presentment for acceptance or payment such presentment may be made to him in person wherever he can be round.

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 134

Title: Law Governing Liability of Maker, Acceptor or Indorser of Foreign Instrument

State: Central

Year: 1881

In the absence of a contract to the contrary, the liability of the maker of dr awer of a foreign promissory note, bill of exchange or cheque is regulated in all essential matters by the law of the place where he made the instrument, and the respective liabilities of the acceptor and indorser by the law of the place where the instrument is made payable. Illustration A bill of exchange was drawn by A in California where the rate of interest is 25 per cent, and accepted by B, payable in Washington where the rate of interest is 6 per cent. The bill is indorsed in '[India], and is dishonoured. An action on the bill is brought against B in1[India]. He is liable to pay interest at the rate of 6 per cent, only; but if A is charged as drawer, A is liable to pay interest at the rate of 25 per cent. ___________________ 1. Substituted by Act 3 of 1951, sec. 3 and Sch., for "the States".

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....as such Magistrate, exercised the powers of an Assistant Sessions Judge, he may be invested with the powers under this section notwithstanding the fact that he has not exercised the powers of Magistrate of the first class for not less than ten years." Act 19 of 1969, Section 3 and Schedule, Item 14 (in Delhi on 2-10-1969). WEST BENGAL In its application to the State of West Bengal, for Section 30, substitute the following, namely: "30. Offences punishment with imprisonment not exceeding seven years.-Notwithstanding any thing contained in Section 28 or Section 29, the State Government may, in consultation with the High Court, invest any Judicial Magistrate of the first class with power to try as a Magistrate all offences not punishable with death or with imprisonment for life or with imprisonment for a term exceeding seven years : Provided that no Judicial Magistrate of the first class has, prior to his appointment as such powers unless he has, for not less than ten years, exercised powers not inferior to those of a Judicial Magistrate of the first class : Provided further that if any Judicial Magistrate of the first class has, prior to his appointment as such Magistrate,.....

Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1930

.....regard to the regulation of inter- national traffic in all the drugs covered by the Convention, and secondly, in regard to the regulation of the manufacture of, and Internal traffic 'in, certain specified drugs, such as cocaine and morphine. The subject-matter of the Bill is one that under the Devolution Rules, is partly provincial, but the Local Governments have assented to the passing of Central legislation on the subject in view of the special advantages of such legislation in the circumstances. In addition to centralising and vesting in the Governor-General in Council the control of certain operations relating to dangerous drags, the proposed Bill renders uniform, and in some cases increases, the penalties for certain offences relating to dangerous drugs.""Gazette of India, 1929, Pt. V, p. 138. An Act to centralise and vest in the 2[Central Government] the control over certain operations relating to dangerous drugs and increase and render uniform3[* * *] the penalties for offences relating to such operations Whereas India participated in the Second International Opium Conference, winch was convoked in accordance with the resolution of the Assembly of the League of Nations.....

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Part 6

Title: Testamentary Succession

State: Central

Year: 1925

.....of determining questions as to what person or what property is denoted by any words used in a Will, a Court shall inquire into every material fact relating to the persons who claim to be interested under such Will, the property which is claimed as the subject of disposition, the circumstances of the testator and of his family, and into every fact a knowledge of which may conduct to the right application of the words which the testator has used. Illustrations (i) A, by his Will, bequeaths 1,000 rupees to his eldest son or to his youngest grand-child, or to his cousin, Mary; a Court may make inquiry in order to ascertain to what person the description in the Will applies. (ii) A, by his Will, leaves to B "my estate called Black Acre." It may be necessary to take evidence in order to ascertain what is the subject-matter of the bequest; that is to say, what estate of the testator's is called Black Acre. (iii) A, by his Will, leaves to B "the estate which I purchased of C". It may be necessary to take evidence in order to ascertain what estate the testator purchased of C. Section 76 - Misnomer or misdescription of object (1) Where the words used in a Will to.....

The Mizoram Municipalities Act, 2007 Complete Act

State: Mizoram

Year: 2007

.....by one set of boundaries; Provided that where two or more adjoining holdings form part and parcel of the site or premises of a dwelling house, manufactory, warehouse or place of trade or business, such holdings shall be deemed to be one holding for the purpose of the Act; Explanation: Holdings separated by a street or other means of communication shall he deemed to be adjoining within the meaning of this proviso; (31) "house-drain" means any drain of one or more premises used for the drainage of such premises; (32) "house gully" a passage or strip of land constructed, set apart or utilised for the purpose of serving as a drain or of affording access to a privy, urinal cesspool or other receptacle for filth or polluted matter to municipal employees or to persons employed in the cleansing thereof or in the removal of such matter therefrom, and includes the air space above such passage or land; (33) "house" means a building for human occupation whether as a residence or otherwise, having a separate principal entrance from the common way and includes any shop, warehouse or workshop; (34) "hut" means any building constructed principally of wood, mud, leaves, grass or.....

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1985

.....cannabis; (v) "coca derivative" means (a) crude cocaine, that is, any extract of coca leaf which can be used, directly or indirectly, for the manufacture of cocaine; (b) ecgonine and all the derivatives of ecgonine from which it can be recorded; (c) cocaine, that is, methyl ester of benzoyl ecgonine and its salts; and (d) all preparations containing more than 0.1 per cent. of cocaine; (vi) "coca leaf means (a) the leaf of the coca plant except a leaf from which all ecgonine, cocaine and any other ecgonine alkaloids have been removed; (b) any mixture thereof with or without any natural material but does not Include any preparation containing not more than 0.1 per cent. of cocaine; (vii) "coca plant" means the plant of any species of the genus Erythroxylon; 3(viia) "commercial quantity", in relation to narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, means any quantity greater than the quantity specified by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette; (viib) "controlled delivery" means the technique of allowing illicit or suspect consignments of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, controlled substances or substances substituted for them to pass out of, or.....

Delhi Entertainments and Betting Tax Act, 1996 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 1996

.....operations, and includes a ˜turf commission agent', so, however, the a person shall not be deemed to be a book-maker by reason only of the fact that he operates, or is employed in operating, a totalizator; (g) "cable service" means the transmission by cables of programme including re-transmission by cables of any broadcast television signals; (h) "cable television network" means any system consisting of a set of closed transmission paths and associated signal generation/control and distribution equipment, designed to provide cable service for reception by multiple subscribers; (i) "entertainment" means any exhibition, performance, amusement, game, sport or race (including horse race) or in the case of cinematograph exhibitions, cover exhibition of news-reels, documentaries, cartoons, advertisement shorts or slides, whether before or during the exhibition of a feature film or separately, and also includes entertainment through cable service; (j) "government" means the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi; (k) "licensed bookmaker" means a book-maker who holds a licence under section 20; (l) "notification" means a notification published in the.....