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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Chapter X

Title: Of Reasonable Time

State: Central

Year: 1881

In determining what is a reasonable time for presentment for acceptance or payment, for giving notice of dishonour and for noting, regard shall be had to the nature of the instrument and the usual course of dealing with respect to similar instruments; and, in calculating such time, public holidays shall be excluded. Section 106 - Reasonable time of giving notice of dishonour If the holder and the party to whom notice of dishonour is given carry on business or live (as the case may be) in different places, such notice is given within a reasonable time if it is despatched by the next post or on the day next after the day of dishonour. If the said parties carry on business or live in the same place, such notice is given within a reasonable time if it is despatched in time to reach its destination on the day next after the day of dishonour. Section 107 - Reasonable time for transmitting such notice A party receiving notice of dishonour, who seeks to enforce his right against a prior party, transmits the notice within a reasonable time if he transmits it within the same time after its receipt as he would have had to give notice if he had been the holder.

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Indian Evidence Act 1872 Section 149

Title: Question Not to Be Asked Without Reasonable Grounds

State: Central

Year: 1872

No such question as is referred to in section 148 ought to be asked, unless the person asking it has reasonable grounds for thinking that the imputation which it conveys is well-founded. Illustrations (a) A barrister is instructed by an attorney or vakil that an important witness is a dakait. This is a reasonable ground for asking the witness whether he is a dakait. (b) A pleader is informed by a person in court that an important witness is a dakait. The informant, on being questioned by the pleader, gives satisfactory reasons for this statement. This is a reasonable ground for asking the witness whether he is a dakait. (c) A witness, of whom nothing whatever is known, is asked at random whether he is a dakait. There are here no reasonable grounds for the question. (d) A witness, of whom nothing whatever is known, being questioned as to his mode of life and means of living, gives unsatisfactory answers. This may be a reasonable ground for asking him if he is a dakait.

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 250

Title: Compensation for Accusation Without Reasonable Cause

State: Central

Year: 1973

.....given by him: Provided that any amount paid to an accused person under this section shall be taken into account in awarding compensation to such person in any subsequent civil suit relating to the same matter. (6) A complainant or informant who has been ordered under sub-section (2) by a Magistrate of the second class to pay compensation exceeding one hundred rupees, may appeal from the order as if such complainant or informant had been convicted on a trial held by such Magistrate. (7) When an order for payment of compensation to an accused person is made in a case which is subject to appeal under sub-section (6), the compensation shall not be paid to him before the period allowed for the presentation of the appeal has elapsed, or, if an appeal is presented, before the appeal has been decided; and where such order is made in a case which is not so subject to appeal the compensation shall not be paid before the expiration of one month from the date of the order. (8) The provisions of this section apply to summons-cases as well as to warrant cases.

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Marine Insurance Act, 1963 Section 87

Title: Reasonable Time, Etc., a Question of Fact

State: Central

Year: 1963

Where by this Act any reference is made to reasonable time, reasonable premium, or reasonable diligence, the question what is reasonable is a question of fact.

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Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 Section 20

Title: Power to Require Amendment of Charge and to Adjourn. Reason for Refusing Adjournment to Be Recorded

State: Central

Year: 1850

When the commissioners shall be of opinion that the articles of charge or any of them are not drawn with sufficient clearness and precision, the commissioners may, in their discretion, require the same to be amended, and may thereupon, on the application of the person accused, adjourn the inquiry for a reasonable time. The commissioners may also, if they think fit, adjourn the inquiry from time to time, on the application of either the prosecutor or the person accused on the ground of sickness or unavoidable, absence of any witness or other reasonable cause. When such application is made and refused, the commissioners shall record the application, and their reasons for refusing to comply with it.

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Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 Section 8A

Title: Inquiry Not to Be Interrupted by Reason of Vacancy or Change in the Constitution of the Commission

State: Central

Year: 1952

1[8A. Inquiry not to be interrupted by reason of vacancy or change in the constitution of the Commission (1) Where the Commission consists of two or more members, it may act notwithstanding the absence of the Chariman or any other member or any vacancy among its members. (2) Where during the course of an inquiry before a Commission, a change has taken place in the constitution of the Commission by reason of any vacancy having, been filed or by any other reason, it shall not be necessary for the Commission to commence the inquiry a fresh and the inquiry may be continued from the stage at which the change took place. ______________________ 1 . Inserted by Act 79 of 1971, section 12.

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EMPLOYEES' STATE INSURANCE ACT, 1948 Section 24

Title: Acts of Corporation, etc., not invalid by reason of defect in constitution, etc.

State: Central

Year: 1948

No act of the Corporation, the Standing Committee or the Medical Benefit Council shall be deemed to be invalid by reason of any defect in the constitution of the Corporation, the Standing Committee or the Medical Benefit Council, or on the ground that any member thereof was not entitled to hold or continue in office by reason of any disqualification or of any irregularity in his 1[appointment] or election, or by reason of such act having been done during the period of any vacancy in the office of any member of the Corporation, the Standing Committee or the Medical Benefit Council. ________________ 1. Subs. by Act 29 of 1989, sec. 4, for "nomination" (w.e.f. 20-10-1989).

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Registration Act, 1908 Section 71

Title: Reasons for Refusal to Register to Be Recorded

State: Central

Year: 1908

(1) Every Sub-Registrar refusing to register a document, except on the ground that the property to which it relates is not situate within his sub-district, shall make an order of refusal and record his reasons for such order in his Book No. 2, and endorse the words "registration refused" on the document; and, on application made by any person executing or claiming under the document, shall, without payment and unnecessary delay, give him a copy of the reasons so recorded. (2) No registering officer shall accept for registration a document so endorsed unless and until, under the provisions hereinafter contained, the document is directed to be registered.

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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 Section 106

Title: Reasonable Time of Giving Notice of Dishonour

State: Central

Year: 1881

If the holder and the party to whom notice of dishonour is given carry on business or live (as the case may be) in different places, such notice is given within a reasonable time if it is despatched by the next post or on the day next after the day of dishonour. If the said parties carry on business or live in the same place, such notice is given within a reasonable time if it is despatched in time to reach its destination on the day next after the day of dishonour.

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Sale of Goods Act, 1930 Section 63

Title: Reasonable Time a Question of Fact

State: Central

Year: 1930

Where in this Act any reference is made to a reasonable time, the question what is a reasonable time is a question of fact.

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