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Indian Contract Act, 1872 Complete Act

Title: Indian Contract Act, 1872

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....Section19A - Power to set aside contract induced by undue influence Section20 - Agreement void where both parties are under mistake as to matter of fact Section21 - Effect of mistakes as to law Section22 - Contract caused by mistake of one party as to matter of fact Section23 - What considerations and objects are lawful and what not Section24 - Agreements void, if considerations and objects unlawful in part Section25 - Agreement without consideration, void, unless it is in writing and registered, or is a promise to compensate for something done, or is a promise to pay a debt barred by limitation law Section26 - Agreement in restraint of marriage void Section27 - Agreement in restraint of trade void Section28 - Agreements in restraint of legal proceedings void Section29 - Agreements void for uncertainty Section30 - Agreements by way of wager void Chapter 3 Section31 - Contingent contract defined Section32 - Enforcement of contracts contingent on an event happening Section33 - Enforcement of contracts contingent on an event not happening Section34 - When event on which contract is contingent to be deemed impossible, if it is the future conduct of a living person .....

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Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 Chapter V

Title: Welfare and Health of Contract Labour

State: Central

Year: 1970

.....employer from the contractor either by deduction from any amount payable to the contractor under any contract or as a debt payable by the contractor. Section 21 - Responsibility for payment of wages (1) A contractor shall be responsible for payment of wages to each worker employed by him as contract labour and such wages shall be paid before the expiry of such period as may be prescribed. (2) Every principal employer shall nominate a representative duly authorised by him to be present at the time of disbursement of wages by the contractor and it shall be the duty of such representative to certify the amounts paid as wages in such manner as may be prescribed. (3) It shall be the duty of the contractor or ensure the disbursement of wages in the presence of the authorised representative of the principal employer. (4) In case the contractor fails to make payment of wages within the prescribed period or makes short payment, then the principal employer shall be liable to make payment of wages in full or the unpaid balance due, as the case may be, to the contract labour employed by the contractor and recover the amount so paid from the contractor either by deduction from.....

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Indian Contract Act, 1872 Chapter 6

Title: Of the Consequences of Breach of Contract

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....caused to B by the closing of the mill. (q) A contracts to sell and deliver to B, on the first of January, certain cloth which B intends to manufacture into caps of a particular kind, for which there is no demand, except at that season. The cloth is not delivered till after the appointed time, and too late to be used that year in making caps. B is entitled to receive from A, by way of compensation, the difference between the contract price of the cloth and its market price at the time of delivery, but not the profits which he expected to obtain by making caps, nor the expenses which he has been put to in making preparation for the manufacture. (r) A, a ship-owner, contracts with B to convey him from Calcutta to Sydney in A's ship, sailing on the first of January, and B pays to A, by way of deposit, one-half of his passage-money. The ship does not sail on the first of January, and B, after being in consequence detained in Calcutta for some time and thereby put to some expense, proceeds to Sydney in another vessel, and, in consequence, arriving too late in Sydney, loses a sum of money. A is liable to repay to B his deposit, with interest, and the expense to which he is put.....

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Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 73

Title: Compensation for Loss or Damage Caused by Breach of Contract

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....caused to B by the closing of the mill. (q) A contracts to sell and deliver to B, on the first of January, certain cloth which B intends to manufacture into caps of a particular kind, for which there is no demand, except at that season. The cloth is not delivered till after the appointed time, and too late to be used that year in making caps. B is entitled to receive from A, by way of compensation, the difference between the contract price of the cloth and its market price at the time of delivery, but not the profits which he expected to obtain by making caps, nor the expenses which he has been put to in making preparation for the manufacture. (r) A, a ship-owner, contracts with B to convey him from Calcutta to Sydney in A's ship, sailing on the first of January, and B pays to A, by way of deposit, one-half of his passage-money. The ship does not sail on the first of January, and B, after being in consequence detained in Calcutta for some time and thereby put to some expense, proceeds to Sydney in another vessel, and, in consequence, arriving too late in Sydney, loses a sum of money. A is liable to repay to B his deposit, with interest, and the expense to which he is put.....

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Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 231

Title: Rights of Parties to a Contract Made by Agent Not Disclosed

State: Central

Year: 1872

If an agent makes a contract with a person who neither knows, nor has reason to suspect, that he is an agent, his principal may require the performance of the contract; but the other contracting party has, as against the principal, the same rights as he would have had as against the agent if the agent had been principal. If the principal discloses himself before the contract is completed, the other contracting party may refuse to fulfil the contract, if he can show that, if he had known who was the principal in the contract, or if he had known that the agent was not a principal, he would not have entered into the contract.

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Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 Chapter III

Title: Registration of Establishments Employing Contract Labour

State: Central

Year: 1970

.....to him in thisbehalf or otherwise, that the registration of any establishment has beenobtained by misrepresentation or suppression of any material fact, or that forany other reason the registration has become useless or ineffective and,therefore requires to be revoked, the registering officer may, after giving anopportunity to the principal employer of the establishment to be heard and withthe previous approval of the appropriate government, revoke the registration. Section 9 - Effect of non-registration No principal employer of an establishment, to which this Act applies, shall (a) in the case of an establishment required to be registered under section 7, but which has not been registered within the time fixed for the purpose under that section; (b) in the case of an establishment the registration in respect of which has been revoked under section 8, employ contract labour in the establishment after the expiry of the period referred to in clause (a) or after the revocation of registration referred to in clause (b), as the case may be. Section 10 - Prohibition of employment of contract labour (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the appropriate.....

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Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 232

Title: Performance of Contract with Agent Supposed to Be Principal

State: Central

Year: 1872

Where one man makes a contract with another, neither knowing nor having reasonable ground to suspect that the other is an agent, the principal, if he requires the performance of the contract, can only obtain such performance subject to the rights and obligations subsisting between the agent and the other party to the contract. Illustration A, who owes 500 rupees to B, sells 1,000 rupees worth of rice to B. A is acting as agent for C in the transaction, but B has no knowledge nor reasonable ground of suspicion that such is the ease. C cannot compel B to take the rice without allowing him to set-off A's debt.

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Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 133

Title: Discharge of Surety by Variance in Terms of Contract

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....C to B on credit. Afterwards B becomes embarrassed, and, without the knowledge of A, B and C contract that C shall continue to supply B with oil for ready money, and that the payments shall be applied to the then existing debts between B and C. A is not liable on his guarantee for any goods supplied after this new arrangement. (e) C contracts to lend B 5,000 rupees on the 1st March. A guarantees repayment. C pays the 5,000 rupees to B on the 1st January, A is discharged from his liability, as the contract has been varied, inasmuch as C might sue B for the money before the 1st of March. _______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 24 of 1917, section 2 and Schedule I.

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Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 126

Title: Contract of Guarantee, Surety, Principal Debtor and Creditor

State: Central

Year: 1872

A contract of guarantee is a contract to perform the promise, or discharge the liability, of a third person in case of his default. The person who gives the guarantee is called the surety; the person in respect of whose default the guarantee is given is called the principal debtor, and the person to whom the guarantee is given is called the creditor. A guarantee may be either oral or written.

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Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 Complete Act

Title: Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970

State: Central

Year: 1970

.....- First-aid facilities Section20 - Liability of principal employer in certain cases Section21 - Responsibility for payment of wages Chapter VI Section22 - Obstructions Section23 - Contravention of provisions regarding employment of contract labour Section24 - Other offences Section25 - Offences by companies Section26 - Cognizance of offences Section27 - Limitation of prosecutions Chapter VII Section28 - Inspecting staff Section29 - Registers and other records to be maintained Section30 - Effect of laws and agreements inconsistent with this Act Section31 - Power to exempt in special cases Section32 - Protection of action taken under this Act Section33 - Power to give directions Section34 - Power to remove difficulties Section35 - Power to make rules

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