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The Cochin Nayar Act, 1938 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1938

.....71 - Partition destroys, impartibility If a partition takes place in any tarwad mentioned in section 66, the provisions of this Chapter shall ipso facto cease to apply to the units into which it is divided. Section 72 - Adoption when to be made Where a tarwad consists of only male members or of only female members past the period of child-bearing, or of both, the Karanavan may, with the consent in writing of all the other members of the tarwad make an adoption for the purpose of perpetuating the family. Such adoption may be of one or more females with or without males. Section 73 - Rights and duties of the adoptees The adoptees shall have in the adopted family all rights and duties as appertain to the members born therein and shall be liable to take the customary Theetturam from His Highness the Maharaja. Section 74 - Marriages dissolved before Act XIII of 1095 came into force not affected by this Act Nothing in this Act shall:- (a) Confer any rights on the parties to, or off-spring of, a marriage dissolved before Act XIII of 1095, or (b) affect rules of Marumakkathayam law, custom or usage except to the extent hereinbefore expressly provided for. Section 75 -.....

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Indian Contract Act, 1872 Chapter 4

Title: Of the Performance of Contracts

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....must be performed within a reasonable time. Explanation.The question "what is a reasonable time" is, in each particular case, a question of fact. Section 47 - Time and place for performance of promise, where time is specified and no application to be made When promise is to be performed on a certain day, and the promisor has undertaken to perform it without application by the promisee, the promisor may perform it at any time during the usual hours of business on such day and at the place at which the promise ought to be performed. Illustration A promises to deliver goods at B's warehouse on the first January. On that day A brings the goods to B's warehouse, but after the usual hour for closing it, and they are not received. A has not performed his promise. Section 48 - Application for performance on certain day to be at proper time and place When a promise is to be performed on a certain day, and the promisor has not undertaken to perform it without application by the promisee, it is the duty of the promisee to apply for performance at a proper place and within the usual hours of business. Explanation. The question "what is a proper time and place" is, in.....

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Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 56

Title: Agreement to Do Impossible Act

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....A goes mad. The contract becomes void. (c) A contracts to marry B, being already married to C, and being forbidden by the law to which he is subject to practice polygamy, A must make compensation to B for the loss caused to her by the non-performance of his promise. (d) A contracts to take in cargo for B at a foreign port. A's Government afterwards declares war against the country in which the port is situated. The contract becomes void when war is declared. (e) A contracts to act at a theatre for six months in consideration of a sum paid in advance by B. On several occasions A is too ill to act. The contract to act on those occasions becomes void. ______________________ 1 . See section 65, infra.

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The Madras Marumakkattayam Act, 1932 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1932

.....among the members of the tarwad or tavazhi then living. Explanation 3.--The provisions of this section shall apply to a tarwad notwithstanding the fact that immediately before the commencement of the Madras Marumakkattayam (Amendment) Act, 1958, the tarwad was included in the Schedule or that the tarwad had been registered as impartible Explanation 4.--The provisions of this section shall apply to all suits for partition, appeals and other proceedings arising therefrom filed or proceeded with by members or their legal representatives and pending in the Courts immediately before the commencement of the Madras Marumakkattyam (Amendment) Act, 1958 and such suits, appeals and other proceeding shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of this section as if this section were in force at the time of the institution of such suits, appeals or other proceedings] Section 39 - Partition on change of Religion Substituted by of Act 26 of 1958 [Any member of a tarwad or tavazhi who has changed his or her religion may claim or be compelled by any other member of the tarwad or tavazhi, to take his or her share of all the tarwad or tavazhi properties over which the tarwad or.....

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The Uttarakhand Compulsory Registration of Marriage Act, 2010 Complete Act

State: Uttarakhand

Year: 2010

.....8 - Non-registration not to in invalidate the marriage No marriage contracted in the State shall be deemed to be invalid solely by reason of the fact that it was not registered under this Act or that the memorandum was not delivered or sent to the Registrar or that such memorandum was defective, irregular or incorrect. Section 9 - Registrar to keep registers in prescribed form (1) Every Registrar shall keep in the prescribed form a Register of Marriage-Registration made in the area under his jurisdiction. (2) The Registrar-General shall from time to time cause to be printed and supplied to the Registrars sufficient number of Registers in the prescribed form. Section 10 - Search of register Subject to any rules made in this behalf by the State Government, including the rules relating to payment of fees, any person may- (a) Cause a search to be made for any entry in the Register of Marriage-Registration, and (b) Obtain an extract from such register. Section 11 - Admissibility of certificate abstract and evidentiary value (1) All extract(s) obtained under sub-section (1) shall be signed by the Registrar concerned, and shall be admissible in evidence in any.....

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