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Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 137

Title: Creditors Forbearance to Sue Does Not Discharge Surety

State: Central

Year: 1872

Mere forbearance on the part of the creditor to sue the principal debtor or to enforce any other remedy against him, does not, in the absence of any provision in the guarantee to the contrary, discharge the surety. Illustration B owes to C a debt guaranteed by A. The debt becomes payable. C does not sue B for a year after the debt has become payable. A is not discharged from his suretyship.

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New Delhi Municipal Council Act 1994 Section 137

Title: Acquisition of Property

State: Central

Year: 1994

The Council shall, for the purpose of this Act, have power to acquire and hold movable and immovable property, or any interest therein.

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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Section 137

Title: Language of Subordinate Courts

State: Central

Year: 1908

(1) The language which, on the commencement of this Code, is the language of any Court subordinate to a High Court shall continue to be the language of such subordinate Court until the State Government otherwise directs. (2) The State Government may declare what shall be the language of any such Court and in what character applications to and proceedings in such Courts shall be written. (3) Where this Court requires or allows anything other than the recording of evidence to be done in writing in any such Court, such writing may be in English ; but if any party or his pleader is unacquainted with English a translation into the language of the Court shall, at his request, be supplied to him; and the Court shall make such order as it thinks fit in respect of the payment of the costs of such translation.

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Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964 Section 137

Title: Determination of Village Boundaries, Etc

State: Karnataka

Year: 1964

The boundaries of villages, survey numbers, sub--divisions of survey numbers or holdings shall be fixed and all disputes relating thereto shall be determined, by Survey Officers or by such other officers as may be appointed by the State Government for the purpose in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and the Rules, if any, made in this behalf.

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Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 Section 137

Title: Casual Vacancies How to Be Filled Up

State: Karnataka

Year: 1993

A casual vacancy of a member of a Taluk Panchayat shall be filled up, as soon as conveniently may be, by the election of a person thereto who shall hold office so long only as the member in whose place he is elected could have held office if the vacancy had not occurred.

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Finance Act 2007 Section 137

Title: Definition

State: Central

Year: 2007

The words and expressions used in this Chapter and defined in the Central Excise Act, 1944(1 of 1944), the Customs Act, 1962(52 of 1962) or Chapter V of the Finance Act, 1994(32 of 1994), shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in those Acts or Chapter, as the case may be.

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Indian Succession Act, 1925 Section 137

Title: Performance of Condition, Precedent or Subsequent, Within Specified Time. Further Time in Case of Fraud

State: Central

Year: 1925

Where the will requires an act to be performed by the legatee within a specified time, either as a condition to be fulfilled before the legacy is enjoyed, or as a condition upon the non-fulfillment of which the subject-matter of the bequest is to go over to another person or the bequest is to cease to have effect, the act must be performed within the time specified, unless the performance of it be prevented by fraud, in which case such further time shall be allowed as shall be requisite to make up for the delay caused by such fraud.

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Navy Act, 1957 Section 137

Title: Power to Summon and Examine Material Witnesses

State: Central

Year: 1957

(1) The trial judge advocate may, at any stage of the trial, summon any person as a witness or examine any person in attendance, though not summoned as a witness, or recall and re-examine any person already examined; and the trial judge advocate shall summon and examine or recall and re-examine any such person if his evidence appears to the court or to the trial judge advocate as essential to the just decision of the case. (2) Summons to the witnesses shall be issued as provided under this Act.

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Electricity Act, 2003 Section 137

Title: Punishment for Receiving Stolen Property

State: Central

Year: 2003

Whoever, dishonestly receives any stolen electric line or material knowing or having reasons to believe the same to be stolen property, shall be punishable with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years or with fine or with both.

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Assam Rifles Act, 2006 Section 137

Title: Transmission of Proceedings of Summary Assam Rifles Court

State: Central

Year: 2006

The proceedings of every Summary Assam Rifles Court shall, without delay, be forwarded to the officer not below the rank of Deputy Inspector-General within whose command the trial was held, or to the prescribed officer, and such officer or the Director-General or any officer empowered by him in this behalf may, for reasons based on the merits of the case, but not on merely technical grounds, set aside the proceedings, or reduce the sentence to any other sentence which the court might have passed.

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