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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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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Section 83

Title: When Aliens May Sue

State: Central

Year: 1908

Alien enemies residing in India with the permission of the Central Government, and alien friends, may sue in any Court otherwise competent to try the suit, as if they were citizens of India, but alien enemies residing in India without such permission, or residing in a foreign country, shall not sue in any such Court. Explanation.--Every person residing in a foreign country, the Government of which is at war with India and carrying on business in that country without a licence in that behalf granted by the Central Government, shall, for the purpose of this section, be deemed to be an alien enemy residing in a foreign country.

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Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 168

Title: Right of Finder of Goods, May Sue for Specific Reward Offered

State: Central

Year: 1872

The finder of goods has no right to sue the owner for compensation for trouble and expense voluntarily incurred by him to preserve the goods and to find out the owner; but he may retain the goods against the owner until he receives such compensation; and, where the owner has offered a specific reward for the return of goods lost, the finder may sue for such reward, and may retain the goods until he receives it.

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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Section 84

Title: When Foreign States May Sue

State: Central

Year: 1908

A foreign State may sue in any competent Court: Provided that the object of the suit is to enforce a private right vested in the Ruler of such State or in any officer of such State in his public capacity.

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Indian Succession Act, 1925 Section 216

Title: Grantee of Probate or Administration Alone to Sue, Etc., Until Same Revoked

State: Central

Year: 1925

After any grant of probate or letters of administration, no other than the person to whom the same may have been granted shall have power to sue or prosecute any suit, or otherwise act as representative of the deceased, throughout the State in which the same may have been granted, until such probate or letters of administration has or have been recalled or revoked.

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Presidency-towns Insolvency Act, 1909 Section 83

Title: Name Under Which to Sue or Be Sued

State: Central

Year: 1909

The official assignee may sue and be sued by the name of "the official assignee of the property of, an insolvent," inserting the name of the insolvent, and by that name may hold property of every description, make contracts, enter into any engagements binding on himself and his successors in office, and do all other acts necessary or expedient to be done in the execution of his office. {In the application of the Act to Madras, ss.81 and83 have been repealed, see the Presidency-towns Insolvency (Madras Amendment) Act, 1943 (Mad.5 of 1943), ss.9 and 12.In the application of the Act to Bombay, s.84 has been repealed, see the Presidency-towns Insolvency (Bombay Amendment) Act, 1933 (Bom.20 of 1933), s.11.For ss.81, 81B, 82, 82A, 82B, 82C and 84A, as applicable to Calcutta, see the Presidency-towns Insolvency (Bengal Amendment) Act, 1936 (Ben.18 of 1936), ss.4 to 7.For ss.82 and 83, as applicable to Bombay, see Bombay Act 20 of 1933, ss.4 and 5.For ss.82, 82A, 82B, 84 and 84A, as applicable to Madras, see Madras Act 5 of 1943, ss.11 and 14.}

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Transfer of Property Act, 1882 Section 91

Title: Persons Who May Sue for Redemption

State: Central

Year: 1882

1 [91. Persons who may sue for redemption Besides the mortgagor, any of thefollowing persons may redeem, or institute a suit for redemption of, themortgaged property, namely:- (a) any person (other than themortgagee of the interest sought to be redeemed) who has any interest in, orcharge upon, the property mortgaged or in or upon the right to redeem the same; (b) any surety for the payment ofthe mortgage-debt or any part thereof; or (c) any creditor of the mortgagor who has in asuit for the administration of his estate obtained a decree for sale of themortgaged property.] ________________________ 1 . Substituted by Act 20 of 1929 Section 46,for the original section.

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Transfer of Property Act, 1882 Section 68

Title: Right to Sue for Mortgage-money

State: Central

Year: 1882

..... Provided that, in the case referred to in clause (a), atransferee from the mortgagor or from his legal representative shall not beliable to be sued for the mortgage-money. (2) Where a suit is brought underclause (a) or clause (b) of subsection (1), the court may, at its discretion,stay the suit and all proceedings therein, notwithstanding any contract to thecontrary, until the mortgagee has exhausted all his available remedies againstthe mortgaged property or what remains of it, unless the mortgagee abandons hissecurity and, if necessary, re-transfers the mortgaged property.] ________________________ 1. Substituted byAct 20 of 1929, Section 33, for the original section.

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Official Trustees Act, 1913 Section 6

Title: Official Trustee to Be Corporation Sole, to Have Perpetual Succession and Official Seal, and to Sue and Be Sued in His Corporate Name

State: Central

Year: 1913

The Official Trustee shall be a corporation sole by the name of the Official Trustee of the { Subs by the A O; 1950 for " Division " which had been subs.by the A.O.1937 for "Presidency}[ State] for which he is appointed and, as such Official Trustee shall, have perpetual succession and an official seal, and may sue and be sued in his corporate name.

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Bengal Bonded Warehouse Association Act, 1838 Section 2

Title: Power to Sue and Be Sued and to Acquire, Hold, and Transfer Property

State: Central

Year: 1838

1 * * * The said Association shall sue and be sued by its corporate name, and shall use such common seal as the Directors of the said Association shall from time to time appoint, and may acquire, may hold absolutely, may hold by way of pledge, and may transfer, any description of property whatever. _________________________ 1. The words "And it is hereby enacted, that" omitted by Act 12 of 1891, section 2 and Schedule I.

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