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Presidency-towns Insolvency Act, 1909 Section 35

Title: Redirection of Letters

State: Central

Year: 1909

Where the official assignee has been appointed interim receiver or an order of adjudication is made, the Court, on the application of the official assignee, may, from time to time, order that for such time, not exceeding three months, as the Court thinks fit, all post letters, whether registered or unregistered, parcels and money orders addressed to the debtor at any place or places mentioned in the order for redirection, shall be re-directed or delivered by the Postal authorities in the States, to the official assignee, or otherwise as the Court directs; and the same shall be done accordingly.

Post Office Act, 1898 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....accepting delivery of the postal article, unless he forthwith returns it unopened : Provided that, if any such postal article appears to the satisfaction of the Post-Master-General' to have been maliciously sent for the purpose of annoying the addressee, he may remit the postage. (2) If any postal article on which postage or any other sum chargeable under this Act is due, is refused or returned as aforesaid, or if the addressee is dead or cannot be found, then the sender shall be bound to pay the postage or sum due thereon under this Act SECTION 12 : Recovery of postage and other sums due in respect of postal articles If any person refuses to pay any postage or other sum due from him under this Act in respect of any postal article, the sum so due may, on application made by an officer of the Post Officer authorized in this behalf by the written order of the Post-Master-General, be recovered for the use of the Post Office from the person so refusing, as if it were a fine imposed under this Act, by any Magistrate having jurisdiction where that person may for the time being be resident, and the post-Master-General may further direct that any other postal article, not being on.....

Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Chapter III

Title: Postage

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....accepting delivery of the postal article, unless he forthwith returns it unopened: Provided that, if any such postal article appears to the satisfaction of the Post Master General to have been maliciously sent for the purpose of annoying the addressee, he may remit the postage. (2) If any postal article on which postage or any other sum chargeable under this Act is due, is refused or returned as aforesaid, or if the addressee is dead or cannot be found, then the sender shall be bound to pay the postage or sum due thereon under this Act. Section 12 - Recovery of postage and other sums due in respect of postal articles If any person refuses to pay any postage or other sum due from him under this Act in respect of any postal article, the sum so due may, on application made by an officer of the Post Office authorized in this behalf by the written order of the Post Master General, be recovered for the use of the Post Office from the person so refusing, as if it were a fine imposed under this Act, by any Magistrate having jurisdiction where that person may for the time being be resident; and the Post Master General may further direct that any other postal article, not being.....

Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 8

Title: Power to Make Rules as to Payment of Postage and Fees in Certain Cases

State: Central

Year: 1898

The Central Government may, by rule,-- (a) require the prepayment of postage on inland postal articles or any class of inland postal articles, and prescribe the manner in which prepayment shall be made; (b) prescribe the postage to be charged on inland postal articles when the postage is not prepaid or is insufficiently prepaid; (c) provide for the redirection of postal articles and the transmission by post of articles so redirected, either free of charge or subject to such further charge as may be specified in the rules; and (d) prescribe the fees to be charged for the "express delivery" of postal articles, in addition to, or instead of, any other postage chargeable thereon under this Act. Explanation.--"Express delivery" means delivery by a special messenger or conveyance.

Presidency-towns Insolvency Act, 1909 Part II

Title: Proceedings from Act of Insolvency to Discharge

State: Central

Year: 1909

.....petition (1) A creditor's petition shall be verified by affidavit of the creditor, or of some person on his behalf having knowledge of the facts. (2) At the hearing the Court shall require proof of (a) the debt of the petitioning creditor, and (b) the act of insolvency, or, if more than one act of insolvency is alleged in the petition, some one of the alleged acts of insolvency. (3) The Court may adjourn the hearing of the petition and order service thereof on the debtor. (4) The Court shall dismiss the petition (a) if it is not satisfied with the proof of the facts referred to in sub-section (2); or (b) if the debtor appears and satisfies the Court that he is able to pay his debts, or that he has not committed an act of insolvency or that for other sufficient cause no order ought to be made. (5) The Court may make an order of adjudication if it is satisfied with the proof above referred to, or if on a hearing adjourned under sub-section (3) the debtor does not appear and service of the petition on him is proved, unless in its opinion the petition ought to have been presented before some other Court having insolvency jurisdiction. (6) Where the debtor.....

Presidency-towns Insolvency Act, 1909 Complete Act

Title: Presidency-towns Insolvency Act, 1909

State: Central

Year: 1909

..... Section63 - Disclaimer of leaseholds Section64 - Power to call on official assignee to disclaim Section65 - Power for Court to rescind contract Section66 - Power for Court to make vesting order in respect of disclaimed property Section67 - Persons injured by disclaimer may prove Section68 - Duty and powers of official assignee as to realization Section69 - Declaration and distribution of dividends Section70 - Joint and separate properties Section71 - Calculation of dividends Section72 - Right of creditor who has not proved debt before declaration of a dividend Section73 - Final dividend Section74 - No suit for dividend Section75 - Power to allow insolvent to manage property, and allowance to insolvent for maintenance or service Section76 - Right of insolvent so surplus Part IV Section77 - Appointment and removal of official assignees of insolvents estate Section78 - Power to administer oath Section79 - Duties as regards the insolvents conduct Section80 - Duty to furnish list of creditors Section81 - Remuneration Section82 - Misfeasance Section83 - Name under which to sue or be sued Section84 - Office vacated by insolvency Section85 - Discretionary.....

Presidency Towns Insolvency Act, 1909 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1909

.....and non-traders has been abolished. Under the Act there is power to appoint special assignees, but it is believed that this power has never in fact beep exercised in recent years. The object of it is to secure for the creditors some control over the proceedings in insolvency, but the fact that it is not made use of appears' to show that it is ineffective for that purpose. It is proposed therefore, for consideration, that the power to appoint special assignees should not be retained, but that there should be power to appoint a committee of creditors to supervise proceedings in cases in which it may be desirable to do so. This procedure is new to Indian law and for that reason it seems inexpedient, in the first instance, to define with any exactness the extent of the control which should be given to such committees. It is thought better to Lave the matter to roles, in order that advantage may be taken of experience. Under the English system the supervising authority for bankruptcy proceedings is the Board of Trade, but ] India we have nothing corresponding to that body; powers of supervision must therefore be left to the Courts.......surrenuering any practical advantage by.....

The Maharashtra Employment Guarantee Act, 1977 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1977

..... (x) When works are taken up under the Scheme on private lands, which will directly benefit the holders of the lands, then, notwithstanding the fact that under the provisions of any other law, or any executive orders, for the time being in force such holders are entitled to a subsidy in respect of such works, *[a subsidy under the Scheme, at such rates as may by prescribed, shall be financed from the Employment Guarantee Fund.] (xi) The work taken up under the Scheme shall so organised by the Collector that the normal agricultural operations in the District are not adversely affected and that a balance is maintained between the principle of guaranteed work with minimum wage on the one side and the require ments of labour for agricultural operations, as well as the requirements of labour for the implementation of the regular plan and non-plan works of the State Government on the other side. (xii) The State Government shall provide in the Scheme for a periodical inspection of the works taken up under the Scheme to ensure proper quality of the works as well as to ensure that the total wages paid for the completion of any work are commensurate with the quality and quantity.....