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Insurance Act, 1938 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1938

.....to the business of insurance. Whereas it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to the business of insurance; It is hereby enacted as foltows :- This Act has been applied to- (i) the partially excluded areas in the District of Darjesling, see Bengal Government Notification No. 1902-Com., dated 28-6-1939, Calcutta Gazette, dated 16-7-1939; (ii) the partially excluded areas in the Province of Orissa with effect from 14-10-1939, see Orissa Laws Validating Regulation, 1943 (1 of 1943). The Act has been extended to the new Provinces and Merged States by the S.3OF THE Merged States (Laws) Act, 1949 (1-1-1950) and to the States of Manipur, Tripura and Vindhya Pradesh by the Union Territories (Laws) Act, 1950 (30 of 1950), section 3 (16-4-1950). Manipur and Tripura are Union territories now and Vindhya Pradesh has been merged with the State of Madhya Pradesh -- See Act 37 of 1956, section 9(1)(e). It has been extended to the Union territories of- (1) Goa, Daman and Diu by Regn. 12 of 1962 (15-12-1963); (2) Dadra and Nagar Haveli, by Regn. 6 of 1963 (1-7-1965); (3) Pondicherry, by Regn. 7 of 1963 (1-10-1963); and (4) Laccadiv, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands, by Regn......

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 Enactments repealed.-Nothing herein contained shall affect the provisions of any Statute, Act or Regulation not hereby expressly repealed, nor any usage or custom of trade, nor any incident of any contract, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.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 10

Title: Agency

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....ratifying unauthorized act forming part of a transaction A person ratifying any unauthorized act done on his behalf ratifies the whole of the transaction of which such act formed a part. Section 200 - Ratification of unauthorized act cannot injure third person An act done by one person on behalf of another, without such other person's authority, which, if done with authority, would have the effect of subjecting a third person to damages, or of terminating any right or interest of a third person, cannot, by ratification, be made to have such effect. Illustration (a) A, not being authorized thereto by B, demands, on behalf of B, the delivery of a chattel, the property of B, from C, who is in possession of it. This demand cannot be ratified by B, so as to make C liable for damages for his refusal to deliver. (b) A holds a lease from B, terminable on three months' notice. C, an unauthorized person, gives notice of termination to A. The notice cannot be ratified by B, so as to be binding on A. Section 201 - Termination of agency An agency is terminated by the principal revoking his authority; or by the agent renouncing the business of the agency; or by the business of.....

Insurance Act, 1938 (4 of 1938) Part II

Title: Provisions Applicable to Insurers

State: Central

Year: 1938

.....section 2 and Schedule, for "theStates" (w.e.f. 1-11-1956). Section 2E - This Act not to apply to certain insurers, ceasing to enter into new contracts before commencement of Act The provisions of this Act shall not apply to an insurer as defined in paragraph (i) or (iii) of sub-clause (a) of clause (9) of section 2 in relation to any class of his insurance business where such insurer has ceased, before the commencement of this Act, to enter into any new contracts of that class of business.] Section 3 - Registration (1) No 1 [person] shall, after the commencement of this Act, begin to carry on any class of insurance business in 2 [India] and no insurer carrying on any class of insurance business in 2 [India] shall, after the expiry of three months from the commencement of this Act, continue to carry on any such business, unless he has obtained from the 3 [Authority] a certificate of registration 4 [for the particular class of insurance business]: 5 [Provided that in case an insurer who was carrying on any class of insurance business in 2 [India] at the commencement of this Act, failure to obtain a certificate of registration in accordance with the requirements of this.....

The Rajasthan Value Added Sales Tax Act, 2003 Complete Act

State: Rajasthan

Year: 2003

.....or horticultural produce, grown by himself or grown on any land in which he has an interest as owner or tenant as defined in the Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955 (Act No. 3 of 1955), shall not be deemed to be a dealer in respect of such sales within the meaning of this clause ; (12) "Deputy Commissioner (Administration)" "Assistant Commissioner", "Commercial Taxes Officer", "Assistant Commercial Taxes Officer" or "Junior Commercial Taxes Officer" means the person holding office with that designation under the State Government ; (13) "Exempted goods" means any goods exempted from tax in accordance with the provisions of this Act ; (14) "firm", "partner" and "partnership" shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 (Central Act No. 9 of 1932) ; (15) "goods" means all kinds of movable property, whether tangible or intangible, other than newspapers, money, actionable claims, stocks, shares and securities, and includes materials, articles and commodities used in any form in the execution of works contract, livestock and all other things attached to or forming part of the land which is agreed to be severed before sales or under the.....

The Rajasthan Value Added Tax Act, 2003 Complete Act

State: Rajasthan

Year: 2003

.....or horticultural produce, grown by himself or grown on any land in which he has an interest as owner or tenant as defined in the Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955 (Act No. 3 of 1955), shall not be deemed to be a dealer in respect of such sales within the meaning of this clause; (12)"Deputy Commissioner (Administration)", "Assistant Commissioner", "Commercial Taxes Officer", "Assistant Commercial Taxes Officer" or "Junior Commercial Taxes Officer" means the person holding office with that designation under the State Government; (13) "exempted goods" means any goods exempted from tax in accordance with the provisions of this Act; (14)"firm", "partner" and "partnership" shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 (Central Act No. 9 of 1932); (15) "goods" means all kinds of movable property, whether tangible or intangible, other than newspapers, money, actionable claims, stocks, shares and securities, and includes materials, articles and commodities used in any form in the execution of works contract, livestock and all other things attached to or forming part of the land which is agreed to be severed before sale or under the contract.....

Insurance Act, 1938 (4 of 1938) Section 40A

Title: Limitation of Expenditure on Commission

State: Central

Year: 1938

.....which would otherwise have been performed by the insurer. ( 5 ) Without prejudice to the provisions of section 102 in respect of a contravention of any of the provisions of the preceding sub-section by an insurer, any insurance agent who contravenes the provisions of sub-section ( 1 ) or sub-section ( 3 ) shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees.] ________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 47 of 1950, section 31 (w.e.f. 1-9-1950). 2. Inserted by G.S.R. 499 (E), dated 19th September, 1975, published in the Gazette of India, Pt. II, Section 3 (i), p. 2007. 3. Substituted by Act 62 of 1968, section 18, for "Insurance (Amendment) Act, 1950 (47 of 1950)". 4. Substituted by Act 41 of 1999, section 30, and Schedule I, for certain words (w.e.f. 19-4-2000). 5. Substituted by Act 41 of 1999, section 30, and Schedule I, for "Central Government" (w.e.f. 19-4-2000).

Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 195

Title: Agents Duty in Naming Such Person

State: Central

Year: 1872

In selecting such agent for his principal, an agent is bound to exercise the same amount of discretion as a man of ordinary prudence would exercise in his own case; and, if he does this, he is not responsible to the principal for the acts or negligence of the agent so selected. Illustration (a) A instructs B, a merchant, to buy a ship for him. B employs a ship-surveyor of good reputation to choose a ship for A. The surveyor makes the choice negligently and the ship turns out to be unseaworthy and is lost. B is not, but the surveyor is, responsible to A. (b) A consigns goods to B, a merchant, for sale. B, in due course, employs an auctioneer in good credit to sell the goods of A, and allows the auctioneer to receive the proceeds of the sale. The auctioneer afterwards becomes insolvent without having accounted for the proceeds. B is not responsible to A for the proceeds.

Indian Evidence Act 1872 Section 109

Title: Burden of Proof as to Relationship in the Cases of Partners, Landlord and Tenant, Principal and Agent

State: Central

Year: 1872

When the question is whether persons are partners, landlord and tenant, or principal and agent, and it has been shown that they have been acting as such, the burden of proving that they do not stand, or have ceased to stand, to each other in those relationships respectively, is on the person who affirms it.

Insurance Act, 1938 (4 of 1938) Section 42B

Title: Regulation of Employment or Principal Agents

State: Central

Year: 1938

.....with respect to terms regarding remuneration, be deemed to have been so altered as to be in accordance with the provisions of sub-section ( 4 ) of section 40 A. ( 8 ) If any dispute arises as to whether a person is or was a principal agent, the matter shall be referred to the2[ Authority], whose decision shall be final. ( 9 ) Every insurer shall maintain a register in which the name and address of every principal agent appointed by hi m, the date of such appointment and the date, if any, on which the appointment ceased shall be entered.] _________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 47 of 1950, section 33 (w.e.f. 1-9-1950). 2. Substituted by Act 41 of 1999, section 30 and Schedule I, for Controller (w.e.f. 19-4-2000).