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Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 Section 58U

Title: Power to Take Possession

State: Central

Year: 1972

(1) Where any property has been declared to be forfeited to the State Government under this Chapter, or where the person affected has failed to pay the fine due under sub-section (1) of section 58K within the time allowed therefor under sub-section (3) of that section, the competent authority may order the person affected as well as any other person who may be in possession of the property to surrender or deliver possession thereof to the Administrator appointed under section 58G or to any person duly authorised by him in this behalf within thirty days of the service of the order. (2) If any person refuses or fails to comply with an order made under sub-section (1), the Administrator may take possession of the property and may for that purpose use such force as may be necessary. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), the Administrator may, for the purpose of taking possession of any property referred to in sub-section (1) requisition the services of any police officer to assist him and it shall be the duty of such officer to comply with such requisition.

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HIRE-PURCHASE ACT, 1972 [REPEALED] Section 20

Title: Restriction on owner's right to recover possession of goods otherwise than through court

State: Central

Year: 1972

.....(1), the hire-purchase agreement, if not previously terminated, shall terminate, and-- (a) the hirer shall be released from all liability under the agreement and shall be entitled to recover from the owner all sums paid by the hirer under the agreement or under any security given by him in respect thereof; and (b) the surety shall be entitled to recover from the owner all sums paid by him under the contract of guarantee or under any security given by him in respect thereof. (3) Where, by virtue of the provisions of sub-section (1), the owner is precluded from enforcing a right to recover possession of the goods, he may make an application for recovery of possession of the goods to any court having jurisdiction to entertain a suit for the same relief, (4) The provisions of this section shall not apply in any case in which the hirer has terminated the agreement by virtue of any right vested in him.

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Hire-purchase Act, 1972 [Repealed] Section 27

Title: Evidence of Adverse Detention in Suit or Application to Recover Possession of Goods

State: Central

Year: 1972

(1) Where, in a suit or application by an owner of goods which have been let under a hire-purchase agreement, to enforce a right to recover possession of the goods from the hirer, the owner proves that, before the commencement of the suit or application and after the right to recover possession of the goods accrued, the owner made a request in writing to the hirer to surrender the goods, the hirer's possession of the goods shall, for the purpose of the owner's claim to recover possession thereof, be deemed to be adverse to the owner. (2) Nothing in this section shall affect a claim for damages for conversion.

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General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act,1972 Section 29

Title: Duty to Deliver Possession of Property and Documents Relating Thereto

State: Central

Year: 1972

(1) Where any property appertaining to an existing insurer has been transferred to and vested in an Indian insurance company under section 5,-- (a) every person in whose possession, custody or control any such property may be, shall deliver the property to the Indian insurance company forthwith; (b) any person who immediately before such vesting has in his possession, custody or control any books, documents or other papers relating to an existing insurer shall be liable to account for the said books, documents and papers to the Indian insurance company, and shall deliver them to that company or to such person as that company may direct. (2) In particular, all the assets of an existing insurer appertaining to the undertaking held in deposit by the Reserve Bank of India under the Insurance Act or by trustees in trust shall be delivered to the Indian insurance company. (3) Without prejudice to the other provisions contained in this section, it shall be lawful for each Indian insurance company to take all necessary steps for taking possession of all properties which have been transferred to and vested in it under this Act.

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Richardson and Cruddas Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertaking) Act, 1972 Section 5

Title: Duty to Deliver Possession of Property Acquired and Documents Relating Thereto

State: Central

Year: 1972

(1) Where any property has vested in the Central Government under section 3, every person in whose possession or custody or under when control the property may be, shall deliver the property to the Central Government forthwith. (2) Any person who, on the appointed day, has in his possession or under his control any books, documents or other papers relating to the undertaking which has vested in the Central Goverment under this Act and which belong to the old company, or, would have so belonged if the undertaking of the old company had not vested in the Central Government, shall be liable to account for the said books, documents or other papers to the Central Government and, on the transfer of such undertaking to the new company, to that company, and shall deliver them up to the Central Government or the new company, as the case may be, or to such other person as the Central Government or the new company may specify in this behalf. (3) The Central Government may take or cause to be taken, all necessary steps for securing possession of all properties which have vested in that Government under section 3.

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Indian Copper Corporation (Acquisition of Undertaking) Act, 1972 Section 7

Title: Duty to Deliver Possession of Property Acquired and Documents Relating Thereto

State: Central

Year: 1972

(1) Where any property has vested in the Central Government or Hindustan Copper under this Act, every person in whose possession or custody or under whose control the property may be, shall deliver the property to the Central Government or Hindustan Copper, as the case may be, forthwith. (2) Any person who, on the appointed day, has in his possession or under his control, any books, documents or other papers relating to the undertaking of the company, which have vested in the Central Government or Hindustan Copper under this Act and which belong to the company or would have so belonged if the undertaking of the company had not vested in the Central Government or Hindustan Copper, shall be liable to account for the said books, documents and papers to the Central Government or Hindustan Copper, as the case may be, and shall deliver them up to the Central Government or Hindustan Copper. (3) The Central Government or Hindustan Copper may take, or cause to be taken, all necessary steps for securing possession of all properties which have vested in that Government or Hindustan Copper under this Act.

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Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 Section 17F

Title: Possession, Etc., of Plants by Licensee

State: Central

Year: 1972

No licensee under this Chapter shall (a) keep in his control, custody or possession (i) any specified plant, or part or derivative thereof in respect of which a declaration under the provisions of section 17E has to be made but has not been made; (ii) any specified plant, or part or derivative thereof which has not been lawfully acquired under the provisions of this Act or any rule or order made thereunder; (b) (i) pick, uproot, collect or acquire any specified plant, or (ii) acquire, receive, keep in his control, custody or possession, or sell, offer for sale or transport any specified plant or part or derivative thereof, except in accordance with the conditions subject to which the licence has been granted and such rules as may be made under this Act.

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Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 Section 34

Title: Registration of Certain Persons in Possession of Arms

State: Central

Year: 1972

(1) Within three months from the declaration of any area as a sanctuary, every person residing in or within ten kilometres of any such sanctuary and holding a licence granted under the Arms Act, 1959 (54 of 1959), for the possession of arms or exempted from the provisions of that Act and possessing arms, shall apply in such form, on payment of such fee and within such time as may be prescribed, to the Chief Wild Life Warden or the authorised officer, for the registration of his name. (2) On receipt of an application under sub-section (1), the Chief Wild Life Warden or the authorised officer shall register the name of the applicant in such manner as may be prescribed. 1[(3) No new licences under the Arms Act, 1959 (54 of 1959) shall be granted within a radius of ten kilometres of a sanctuary without the prior concurrence of the Chief Wild Life Warden.] ___________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 44 of 1991, section 22A [w.e.f. 21-5-2001 vide S.O. 574 (E), dated 21st May, 2001].

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Karnataka Ownership Flats (Regulation of the Promotion of Construction, Sale, Management and Transfer) Act, 1972 Section 8

Title: Refund of Amount Paid with Interest for Failure to Give Possession Within Specified Time or Further Time Allowed

State: Karnataka

Year: 1972

If,- (a) the promoter fails to give possession in accordance with the terms of his agreement of a flat duly completed by the date specified, or any further date or dates agreed to by the parties; or (b) the promoter for reasons beyond his control and of his agents, is unable to give possession of the flat by the date specified, or the further agreed date and a period of three months thereafter, or a further period of three months if those reasons still exist, then, in any such case, the promoter shall be liable on demand (but without prejudice to any other remedies to which he may be liable) to refund the amounts already received by him in respect of the flat (with simple interest at nine per cent per annum from the date he received the sums till the date the amounts and interest thereon is refunded), and the amounts and the interest shall be a charge on the land and the construction, if any, thereon in which the flat is or was to be constructed to the extent of the amount due, but subject to any prior encumbrances.

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Sick Textile Undertakings (Taking over of Management) Act, 1972 Section 11

Title: Management of Sick Textile Undertakings Pending Taking over Physical Possession by the Custodian

State: Central

Year: 1972

.....No person in charge of the textile undertaking of a company in relation to which any investigation has been ordered, after the compencement of this Act, under section 15 or section 15A of the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951, 65 of 1965 shall, without the previous approval of the person specified by the Central Government in this behalf in respect of that undertaking (hereinafter referred to as the "authorised person"),-- (i) incur any expenditure from the assets appertaining to the textile undertaking otherwise than for the purpose of making routine payments of salaries or commissions to employees, agents or for the purpose of meeting the routine day to day expenditure; (ii) transfer or otherwise dispose of any such assets or create any charge, hypothecation, lien or other incumbrance thereon; (iii) invest in any manner any monies forming part of such assets; (iv) acquire any immovable property out of the monies forming part of such assets; (v) enter into any contract of service or agency, whether expressly or by implication, for purposes connected wholly or partly with the textile undertaking or vary the terms and conditions of any contract.....

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