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Contract Act, 1872 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1872

CONTRACT ACT, 1872 CONTRACT ACT, 1872 9 of 1872 CHAPTER 00: PRELIMINARY SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE This Act may be called the Indian Contract Act, 1872. Extent and commencement.-It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir; and it shall come into force on the first day of September, 1872. Enactments repealed.-Nothing herein contained shall affect the provisions of any Statute, Act or Regulation not hereby expressly repealed, nor any usage or custom of trade, nor any incident of any contract, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. SECTION 02: INTERPRETATION CLAUSE. In this Act the following words and expressions are used in the following senses, unless a contrary intention appears from the context :- (a) When one person signifies to another his willingness to do or to abstain from doing anything, with a view to obtaining the assent of that other to such act or abstinence, he is said to make a proposal: (b) When the person to whom the proposal is made signifies his assent thereto, the proposal is said to be accepted. A proposal, when accepted, becomes a promise: (c) The person making the proposal is called the "promisor",.....

Indian Contract Act, 1872 Complete Act

Title: Indian Contract Act, 1872

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....- Ratification may be expressed or implied Section198 - Knowledge requisite for valid ratification Section199 - Effect of ratifying unauthorized act forming part of a transaction Section200 - Ratification of unauthorized act cannot injure third person Section201 - Termination of agency Section202 - Termination of agency, where agent has an interest in subject-matter Section203 - When principal may revoke agents authority Section204 - Revocation where authority has been partly exercised Section205 - Compensation for revocation by principal, or renunciation by agent Section206 - Notice of revocation or renunciation Section207 - Revocation and renunciation may be expressed or implied Section208 - When termination of agents authority takes effect as to agent and as to third persons Section209 - Agents duty on termination of agency by principals death or insanity Section210 - Termination of sub-agents authority Section211 - Agents duty in conducting principals business Section212 - Skill and diligence required from agent Section213 - Agents accounts Section214 - Agents duty to communicate with principal Section215 - Right of principal when agent deals, on his own.....

Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 Complete Act

Title: Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970

State: Central

Year: 1970

.....- First-aid facilities Section20 - Liability of principal employer in certain cases Section21 - Responsibility for payment of wages Chapter VI Section22 - Obstructions Section23 - Contravention of provisions regarding employment of contract labour Section24 - Other offences Section25 - Offences by companies Section26 - Cognizance of offences Section27 - Limitation of prosecutions Chapter VII Section28 - Inspecting staff Section29 - Registers and other records to be maintained Section30 - Effect of laws and agreements inconsistent with this Act Section31 - Power to exempt in special cases Section32 - Protection of action taken under this Act Section33 - Power to give directions Section34 - Power to remove difficulties Section35 - Power to make rules

Supply of Forest Produce by Government (Revision of Agreements) Act, 1987 Complete Act

Title: Supply of Forest Produce by Government (Revision of Agreements) Act, 1987

State: Karnataka

Year: 1987

Preamble 1 - KARNATAKA SUPPLY OF FOREST PRODUCE BY GOVERNMENT (REVISION OF AGREEMENTS) ACT, 1987 Section 1 - Short title and commencement Section 2 - Definitions Section 3 - Power of State Government to revise agreements for sale or supply of forest produce Section 4 - The price of forest produce sold or supplied to purchasers not to exceed market value Section 5 - Power of Government to terminate agreements Section 6 - Purchaser may terminate agreement after giving one month's notice Section 7 - Effect of other laws Section 8 - Power to make rules

Hire Purchase Act, 1972 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1972

.....passed by assignment or by operation of law ; (g) each of the words and expressions used and not defined in this Act but defined in the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872)-or the Sale of Goods Act, 1930 (3 of 1930)-shall have the meaning assigned to it in that Act. SECTION 03: HIRE--PURCHASE AGREEMENTS TO BE IN WRITING AND SIGNED BY PARTIES THERETO (1) Every hire-purchase agreement shall be- (a) in writing, and (b) signed by all the parties thereto. (2) A hire-purchase agreement shall be void if in respect thereof any of the requirements specified in sub-section (1) has not been complied with. (3) Where there is a contract of guarantee, the hire-purchase agreement shall be signed by the surety also, and if the hire-purchase agreement is not so signed, the hire-purchase agreement shall be voidable at the option of the owner. SECTION 04: CONTENTS OF HIRE--PURCHASE AGREEMENTS (1) Every hire-purchase agreement shall state- (a) the hire-purchase price of the goods to which the agreement relates ; (b) the cash price of the goods, that is to say, the price at which the goods may be purchased by the hirer for cash ; (c) the date on which the agreement shall be deemed to have commenced.....

Hire-purchase Act, 1972 [Repealed] Chapter III

Title: Warranties and Conditions, Limitation on Hire-purchase Charges and Passing of Property

State: Central

Year: 1972

.....was brought to the notice of the hirer and its effect made clear to him. (7) Nothing in this section shall prejudice the operation of any other enactment or rule of iaw whereby any condition or warranty is to be implied in any hire-purchase agreement. Section 7 - Limitation on hire-purchase charges (1) In this section, -- (a) "cash price instalment", in relation to a hire-purchase instalment, means an amount which bears to the net cash price the same proportion as the amount of the hire-purchase instalment bears to the total amount of hire-purchase price; (b) "deposit'" means any sum payable by the hirer under the hire-purchase agreement by way of deposit or other initial payment or credited or to be credited to him under the agreement on account of any such deposit or payment. whether that sum is to be or has been discharged by payment of money or by transfer or delivery of goods or by any other means; (c) "net cash price", in relation to goods comprised in a hire-purchase agreement, means the cash price of such goods as required to be specified in the hire-purchase agreement under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 4, less any deposit as defined in clause.....

Hire-purchase Act, 1972 [Repealed] Section 7

Title: Limitation on Hire-purchase Charges

State: Central

Year: 1972

.....in a hire-purchase agreement, means the cash price of such goods as required to be specified in the hire-purchase agreement under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 4, less any deposit as defined in clause (b); (d) "net hire- purchase charges", in relation to a hire-purchase agreement for any goods, means the difference between the net hire-purchase price and the net cash price of such goods; (e) "not hire-purchase price", in relation to goods comprised in a hire-purchase agreement, means the total amount of" hire-purchase price of such goods as required to be specified in the hire-purchase agreement under clause (a) of sub-section (I) of section 4 less, -- (i) any amount which is payable to cover the expenses of delivering the goods or any of them to or to the order of the hirer and which is specified in the agreement as included in the hire-purchase price; (ii) any amount which is payable to cover registration or other fees under any law in respect of the goods or the agreement or both and which is specified in the agreement as included in the hire-purchase price; and (iii) any amount which is payable for insurance (other than third party insurance) in respect.....

Indian Contract Act, 1872 Chapter 2

Title: Of Contracts, Voidable Contracts and Void Agreements

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....him to enter into the contract : (1) the suggestion, as a fact, of that which is not true, by one who does not believe it to be true; (2) the active concealment of a fact by one having knowledge or belief of the fact; (3) a promise made without any intention of performing it; (4) any other act fitted to deceive; (5) any such act or omission as the law specially declares to be fraudulent. Explanation.-Mere silence as to facts likely to affect the willingness of a person to enter into a contract is not fraud, unless the circumstances of the case are such that, regard being had to them, it is the duty of the person keeping silence to speak2 , or unless his silence is, in itself, equivalent to speech. Illustrations (a) A sells, by auction, to B, a horse which A knows to be unsound. A says nothing to B about the horse's unsoundness. This is not fraud in A. (b) B is A's daughter and has just come of age. Here, the relation between the parties would make it A's duty to tell B if the horse is unsound. (c) B says to A-"If you do not deny it, I shall assume that the horse is sound." A says nothing. Here, A's silence is equivalent to speech. (d) A and B, being.....

Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 25

Title: Agreement Without Consideration, Void, Unless It is in Writing and Registered, or is a Promise to Compensate for Something Done, or is a Promise to Pay a Debt Barred by Limitation Law

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....pay A's expenses in so doing. This is a contract. (e) A owes B Rs. 1,000, but the debt is barred by the Limitation Act. A signs a written promise to pay B Rs. 500 on account of the debt. This is a contract. (f) A agrees to sell a horse worth Rs. 1,000 for Rs. 10. A's consent to the agreement was freely given. The agreement is a contract notwithstanding the inadequacy of the consideration. (g) A agrees to sell a horse worth Rs. 1,000 for Rs. 10. A denies that his consent to the agreement was freely given. The inadequacy of the consideration is a fact which the Court should take into account in considering whether or not A's consent was freely given. ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 12 of 1891, section 2 and Schedule II Pt. I, for "assurances".

Bhagelas Contracts Act of 1943 F, (Maharashtra) Section 6

Title: Agricultural Labor Contract Shall Become Void, and Liability to Labor Extinguished on Death of Bhagela or Other Executant

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1943

A Bhagela contract shall become void on the death of the Bhagela or of the executant even though it was executed under the Bhagela Contract Regulation of 1345 F., and notwithstanding anything contained in the Bhagela contract or in any other law, no liability for performance or non-performance of labor shall lie with the estate of the deceased or with any of his heirs nor shall any suit be instituted to satisfy such liability.