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Unclaimed Deposits Act, 1866 [Repealed] Repealing Act 1

Title: Repealing and Amending Act, 2001

State: Central

Year: 1866

.....in the Second Schedule are hereby amended to the extent and in the manner mentioned in the fourth column thereof. 4. Savings The repeal by this Act of any enactment shall not affect any other enactment in which the repealed enactment has been applied, incorporated or referred to; d this Act shall not affect the validity, invalidity, effect or consequences of anything already done or suffered, or any right, title, obligation or liability already acquired, accrued or incurred, or any remedy or proceeding in respect thereof, or any release or discharge of or from any debt, penalty, obligation, liability, claim or demand, or any indemnity already granted, or the proof of any past act or thing; nor shall this Act affect any principle or rule of law, or established jurisdiction, form or course of pleading, practice or procedure, or existing usage, custom, privilege, restriction, exemption, office or appointment, notwithstanding that the same respectively may have been in any manner affirmed or recognised or derived by, in or from any enactment hereby repealed; nor shall me repeal by this Act of any enactment revive or restore any jurisdiction, office, custom, liability, right,.....

The Village Chaukidari Act, 1870 Complete Act

State: Jharkhand

Year: 1870

THE VILLAGE CHAUKIDARI ACT, 1870 THE VILLAGE CHAUKIDARI ACT, 1870 [Act No. 4 of 1870] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the Appointment, Dismissal and Maintenance of village-Chaukidars. Whereas it is expedient to make provision for the appointment, dismissal and maintenance of village-chaukidars in the provinces subject of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal] [The definition of "Magistrate" was repealed by s. 2(1) of the same Act, and is omitted.]; It is enacted as follows:- Part I - PART I THE VILLAGE CHAUKIDARI ACT, 1870 [Act No. 4 of 1870] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the Appointment, Dismissal and Maintenance of village-Chaukidars. Whereas it is expedient to make provision for the appointment, dismissal and maintenance of village-chaukidars in the provinces subject of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal] [The definition of "Magistrate" was repealed by s. 2(1) of the same Act, and is omitted.]; It is enacted as follows:- Section 1 - Definitions The following words and expressions shall, in the construction of this Act, have the several meanings hereby assigned to them respectively except where a different intention shall appear from the.....

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Chapter XI

Title: Of Acceptance and Payment for Honour and Reference in Case of Need

State: Central

Year: 1881

.....sub scribe the bill with hi s own hand, and". 2 . The words "and such declaration must be recorded by the notary in hi s register" omitted by Act 2 of 1885 , sec. 8 . Section 110 - Acceptance not specifying for whose honour it is made Where the acceptance does not express for whose honour it is made it shall be deemed to be made for the honour of the drawer. Section 111 - Liability of acceptor for honour An acceptor for honour binds himself to all parties subsequent to the party for whose honour he accepts to pay the amount of the bill if the drawee do not; and such party and all prior parties are liable in their respective capacities to compensate the acceptor for honour for all loss or damage sustained by him in consequence of such acceptance. But an acceptor for honour is not liable to the holder of the bill unless it is presented, or (in case the address given by such acceptor on the bill is a place other than the place where the bill is made payable) forwarded for presentment, not later than the day next after the day of its maturity. Section 112 - When acceptor for honour may be charged An acceptor for honour cannot be charged unless the bill has at.....

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 114

Title: Right of Payer for Honour

State: Central

Year: 1881

Any person so paying is entitled to all the rights in respect of the bill, of the holder at the time of such payment, and may recover from the party for whose honour he pays all sums so paid, with interest thereon and with all expenses properly incurred in making such payment.

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Complete Act

Title: Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

State: Central

Year: 1881

Preamble1 - NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS ACT, 1881 Chapter I Section1 - Short title Section2 - Repeal of enactments Section3 - Interpretation clause Chapter II Section4 - "Promissory note" Section5 - "Bill of exchange" Section6 - "Cheque" Section7 - "Drawer", "drawee" Section8 - "Holder" Section9 - "Holder in due course" Section10 - "Payment in due course" Section11 - "Inland instrument" Section12 - "Foreign instrument." Section13 - "Negotiable instrument" Section14 - Negotiation Section15 - Indorsement Section16 - Indorsement "in blank" and "in full"--"Indorsee" Section17 - Ambiguous instruments Section18 - Where amount is stated differently in figures and words Section19 - Instruments payable on demand Section20 - Inchoate stamped instruments Section21 - "At sight", "On presentment", "After sight" Section22 - "Maturity" Section23 - Calculating maturity of bill or note payable so many months after date or sight Section24 - Calculating maturity of bill or note payable so many days after date or sight Section25 - When day of maturity is a holiday Chapter III Section26 - Capacity to make, etc., promissory notes, etc. Section27 - Agency Section28 - Liability of.....

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1881

.....When the holder of an accepted bill of exchange enters into any contract with the acceptor which, under section 134 or 135 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872), would discharge the other parties, the holder may expressly reserve his right to charge the other parties, and in such case they are not discharged. SECTION 40: DISCHARGE OF INDORSER'S LIABILITY Where the holder of a negotiable instrument, without the consent of the indorser, destroys or impairs the indorser's remedy against a prior party, the indorser is discharged from liability to the holder to the same extent as if the instrument had been paid at maturity. Illustration A is the holder of a bill of exchange made payable to the order of B, which contains the following indorsements in blank- First indorsement, "B". Second indorsement, "Peter Williams". Third indorsement "Wright & Co." Fourth indorsement "John Rozario". This bill A puts in suit against John Rozario and strikes out, without John Rozario's consent, the indorsements by Peter Williams and Wright & Co. A is not entitled to recover anything from John Rozario. SECTION 41: ACCEPTOR BOUND, ALTHOUGH INDORSEMENT FORGED An acceptor of a bill of.....

Powers of Attorney Act, 1882 Section 3

Title: Payment by Attorney Under Power, Without Notice of Death, Etc., Good

State: Central

Year: 1882

Any person making or doing any payment or act in good faith, in pursuance of a power-of-attorney, shall not be liable in respect of the payment or act by reason that, before the payment or act, the donor of the power had died or become1[***], of unsound mind,1[***] or insolvent, or had revoked the power, if the fact of death,1[***], unsoundness of mind,1[***], insolvency or revocation was not, at the time of the payment or act, known to the person making or doing the same. But this section shall not affect any right against the payee of any person interested in any money so paid; and that person shall have the like remedy against the payee as he would have had against the payer, if the payment had not been made by him. This section applies only to payments and acts made or done after this Act comes into force. ________________________ 1.Words "Lunatic", "Bankrupt", "Lunacy", "Bankruptcy" omitted by the Powers-of-Attorney (Amendment) Act, 1982, w.e.f. 22-10-1982.

Bills of Exchange Act, 1882 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1882

.....operates as notice that the agent has but a limited authority to sign, and the principal is only bound by such signature the agent in so signing was acting within the actual limit of his authority. SECTION 26: PERSON SIGNING AS AGENT OR IN REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY (1) Where a person signs a bill as drawer, endorser or acceptor, and adds words to his signature, indicating that he signs for or on behalf of a principal, or in a representative character, he is not personally liable thereon ; but the mere addition to his signature of words describing him as an agent, or as filling a representative character, does not exempt him from personal liability. (2) In determining whether a signature on a bill is that of the principal or that of the agent by whose hand it is written, the construction most favourable to the validity of the instrument shall be adopted. SECTION 27: VALUE DEFINED (1) Valuable consideration for a bill may be constituted by- (a) any consideration sufficient to support a simple contract ; (b) an antecedent debt or liability. Such a debt or liability is deemed valuable consideration whether the bill is payable on demand or at a future time. (2) Where value.....

Powers of Attorney Act, 1882 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1882

.....as to trustees, executors and administrators making payments under powers, which has been in force in British India for the last fifteen years-See Act 28 of 1866,section 39. The third and last object of the Bill is to provide for the deposit of instruments creating powers of attorney, and for the evidence of the contents of such instruments. The section effecting this is copied (with the modifications necessary to adapt it to India) from 44 and 45 Vict. c. 41,section 48 ."-Gazette of India, 1881, Part V, page 1473. Amending Act 55 of 1982.- The Law Commission in its Sixty -Eighth Report examined the Powers-of-Attorney Act, 1882and while suggesting that because of its archaic form and language it should be replaced by a new enactment, it also suggested certain amendments to the Act. As the amendments do not call for any radical or substantial changes in the Act which had worked smoothly for a century, it is proposed, instead of replacing the Act by a new one, to make the necessary amendments therein. 2. The Act though it deals with powers-of-attorney, does not contain the definition of '''power-of-attorney". It is proposed to remedy this defect by inserting a suitable.....

Indian Stamp Act, 1899 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1899

.....the purposes of this section, the expression "securities" shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (h) of Section 2 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (42 of 1956). SECTION 09: POWER TO REDUCE, REMIT OR COMPOUND DUTIES (1) The Government may, by rule or order published in the Official Gazette- (a) reduce or remit, whether prospectively or retrospectively, in the whole or any part of the territories under its administration, the duties with which any instruments or any particular class of instruments, or any of the instruments belonging to such class, or any instruments when executed by or in favour of any particular class of persons, by or in favour of any members of such class, are chargeable; and (b) provide for the composition or consolidation of duties in the case of issues by any incorporate company or other body corporate4[or of transfers (where there is a single transferee, whether incorporated or not)] of debentures, bonds or other marketable securities. (2) In this section the expression "the Government" means- (a) in relation to stamp -duty in respect of bills of exchange, cheques, promissory notes, bills of lading, letters of credit, policies.....