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Sale of Goods Act, 1930 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1930

.....identified and agreed upon at the time a contract of sale is made; and (15) expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in the Contract Act, 1872, have the meanings assigned to them in that Act. Section 3 Application of provisions of Act 9 of 1872 The unrepealed provisions of the Contract Act, 1872, save insofar as they are inconsistent with the express provisions of this Act, shall continue to apply to contracts for the sale of goods. CHAPTER 2 FORMATION OF THE CONTRACT Section 4 Sale and agreement to sell (1) A contract of sale of goods is a contract whereby the seller transfers or agrees to transfer the property in goods to the buyer for a price. There may be a contract of sale between one part-owner and another. (2) A contract of sale may be absolute or conditional. (3) Where under a contract of sale the property in the goods is transferred from the seller to the buyer, the contract is called a sale, but where the transfer of the property in the goods is to take place at a future time or subject to some condition thereafter to be fulfilled, the contract is called an agreement to sell. (4) An agreement to sell becomes a sale when the time elapses or.....

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....To meet the immediate requirements of the country soon after independence the Merchant Shipping Laws. (Extension to Acceding States and Amendment) Act, 1949 was enacted, by which the British Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1938 were extended to the Acceding States (later known as Part B States) and Indian Consular Officers were empowered to perform functions in relation to Indian ships outside India and provision was made to enable Government to prescribe the proper national colours for ships registered in India, The Control of Shipping Act, 1947, was another short-term measure which continued the war-time control over Indian shipping and controlled the coastal trade by a system of licensing. This Act, which has been renewed from time to time, is due to expire on the 31st March, 1958. 3. The present Bill revises and consolidates all laws in force in India relating to merchant shipping, whether passed by the British Parliament or the Indian Legislature, and makes provision for the matters discussed in the succeedihg paragraphs, which also indicate the principal changes made in the law ........... -Gaz. of Ind., 1958, Extra., Pt. II, S. 2, p. 203.Act 21 of 1966.- The minimum.....

Oudh Laws Act, 1876 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1876

.....affects the provisions of sections 102,104,105,106,107and108of the Oudh Rent Act (19 of 1868)14with regard to the limitation of suits under that Act. SECTION 17: Act 32 of 1871, section 28, to cease in any district from date of notification that it is no longer under settlement - [Repealed by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1891 (12 of 1891).] SECTION 18: RECOGNISED AGENTS - [Repealed by the Amending Act, 1891 (12 of 1891).] SECTION 19: RULES FOR TAKING EVIDENCE Section 172 of Act No. 8 of 1859is hereby repealed, so far as the Province of Oudh is concerned, and the following section is substituted therefore: "on the day appointed for the hearing of the suit, or on some other day to which the hearing may be adjourned, the evidence of the witnesses in attendance shall be taken orally in open Court in the presence and hearing and under the personal direction and superintendence of the Judge." "A note of the essential points of the evidence of each witness is to be taken at the time, and in the course of oral examinations, by the officer who tries the case in his own language, or in English if he is .sufficiently acquainted with that language and such note shall be filed, and.....

Punjab Laws Act, 1872 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....Jaghirs" were repealed by the Pun- jab Jaghirs Act, 1941 (Punj. 5 of 1941),S. 13.] SECTION 09--20 PRE--EMPTION [Repealed by the Punjab Pre -emption Act. 1905 (Punj Act 2 of 1905). section 2(1).] SECTION 21: DECREES CONCERNING LAND Copy of decrees affecting land to be forwarded to Deputy Commissioner.- I Repealed by the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 (17 of 1887).] SECTION 22:-32: INSOLVENCY [Repealed by the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1907 (3 of 1907).] SECTION 33: SAVING OF PREVIOUS INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS -[Repealed by the Amending Act, 1891 (12 of 1891).] SECTION 34: "38 MINORS AND THE COURT OF WARDS [Repealed by the Punjab Court of Wards Act, 1903 (Punj. Act 2 of 1903),section 2(1) I SECTION 39: INDIAN PENAL CODE TO APPLY TO OFFENCES COMMITTED PREVIOUS TO 1ST JANUARY, 1862 The provisions of the Indian Penal Code-with the exception of Chapter VI, shall be applicable to all offences committed before first January, 1862, in territory which was, at the time of the commission of such offence, subject to the4[State Government] of the Punjab Saving of privileges conferred on certain Chiefs. Provided that nothing contained in this section shall affect any privilege conferred on.....

Sale of Goods Act, 1930 Chapter I

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 1930

.....document to transfer or receive goods thereby represented; (5 ) "fault" means wrongful act or default; (6 ) "future goods" means goods to be manufactured or produced or acquired by the seller after the making of the contract of sale; (7 ) "goods" means every kind of movable property other than actionable claims and money; and includes stock and shares, growing crops, grass, and things attached to or forming part of the land which are agreed to be severed before sale or under the contract of sale; (8 ) a person is said to be "insolvent" who has ceased to pay hi s debts in the ordinary course of business, or cannot pay hi s debts as they become due, whether he has committed an act of insolvency or not; (9 ) "mercantile agent" means a me rcantile agent having in the customary course of business as such agent authority either to sell goods, or to consign goods for the purposes of sale, or to buy goods, or to raise money on the security of goods; (10 ) "price" means the money consideration for a sale of goods; (11 ) "property" means the general property in goods, and not mere ly a special property; (12 ) "quality of goods" includes their state or condition; (13 ).....

Sale of Goods Act, 1930 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1930

.....document to transfer or receive goods thereby represented; (5 ) "fault" means wrongful act or default; (6 ) "future goods" means goods to be manufactured or produced or acquired by the seller after the making of the contract of sale; (7 ) "goods" means every kind of movable property other than actionable claims and money; and includes stock and shares, growing crops, grass, and things attached to or forming part of the land which are agreed to be severed before sale or under the contract of sale; (8 ) a person is said to be "insolvent" who has ceased to pay hi s debts in the ordinary course of business, or cannot pay hi s debts as they become due, whether he has committed an act of insolvency or not; (9 ) "mercantile agent" means a me rcantile agent having in the customary course of business as such agent authority either to sell goods, or to consign goods for the purposes of sale, or to buy goods, or to raise money on the security of goods; (10 ) "price" means the money consideration for a sale of goods; (11 ) "property" means the general property in goods, and not mere ly a special property; (12 ) "quality of goods" includes their state or condition; (13 ).....

Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1937

.....the prescribed authority- (a) that he is a Muslim, and (b) that he is competent to contract within the meaning of section 11 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872,-and (c) that he is a resident of3[the territories to which this Act extends], may be declaration in the prescribed form and filed before the prescribed authority declare that he desires to obtain the benefit of4[the provisions of this section], and thereafter the provisions of section 2-shall apply to the declarant and all his minor children and their descendants as if in addition to the matters enumerated therein adoption, wills and legacies were also specified. (2) Where the prescribed authority refuses to accept a declaration under sub-section (1), the person desiring to make the same may appeal to such officer as the State Government may, by general or special order, appoint in this behalf, and such officer may if he is satisfied that the appellant is entitled to make the declaration, order the prescribed authority to accept the same. SECTION 04: RULE-MAKING POWER ( 1 ) The5[State Government] may make rules to carry into effect the purposes of this Act. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of.....

Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937 Section 2

Title: Application of Personal Law to Muslims

State: Central

Year: 1937

Notwithstanding any custom or usage to the contrary, in all questions (save questions relating to agricultural land) regarding intestate succession, special property of females, including personal properly inherited or obtained under contract or gift or any other provision of Personal Law. marriage, dissolution of marriage, including talaq, ila, zihar, lian, khula and mubaraat, maintenance, dower, guardianship, gifts, trusts and trust properties, and wakfs (other than charities and charitable institutions and charitable and religious endowments) the rule of decision in cases where the parties are Muslims shall be the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat).

Punjab Laws Act, 1872 Section 5

Title: Decisions in Certain Cases to Be According to Native Law

State: Central

Year: 1872

In questions regarding succession, special property of females, betrothal, marriage, divorce, dower. adoption, guardianship, minority, can bastardy, family relations, wills, legacies, gifts, partitions, or any ac religious usage or institution, the rule of decision shall be- (a) any custom applicable to the parties concerned, which is not contrary to justice, equity or good conscience, and (Civil Judicature. Descent of jaghirs. Pre-emption. Decrees cerning land. Insolvency. Minors and the Court of Wards): has not been by this or any other enactment altered abolished. and has not been declared to be void by competent authority; (b) the Muhammadan law, in cases where the parties Muhammadans, and the Hindu law, in cases where parties are Hindus, except in so far as such law has be altered or abolished by legislative enactment, or opposed to the provisions of this Act, or has been modified by any such custom as is above referred to.]

Oudh Laws Act, 1876 Part II

Title: General Laws to Be Administeredin Oudh

State: Central

Year: 1876

.....or any other enactment, altered or abolished, or has been modified by any such custom as is above referred to: (c) the rules contained in this Act: (d) the rules published in the Official Gazette as provided by section 40, or made under any other Act for the time being in force in Oudh: (e) the Regulations and Acts specified in the second schedule hereto annexed, subject to the provisions of section 4, and to the modifications mentioned in the third column of the same schedule: (f) subject to the modifications hereinafter mentioned, all enactments for the time being in force and expressly, or by necessary implication, applying to1[ the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956 were comprised in Part A States and Part C States ] or Oudh, or some part of Oudh: (g) in cases not provided for by the former part of this section, or by any other law for the time being in force, the Courts shall act according to justice, equity and good conscience. ______________________ 1. Substituted for "Part A States and Part C States" by 2.A.L.O. 1956 w.e.f 1-11-1956. Section 4 - Validity of local customs and mercantitle usage All local customs and mercantile.....