....."financial year" shall mean the year commencing on the first day of April; (17) a thing shall be deemed to be done in "good faith" where it is in fact done honestly, whether it is done negligently or not; (18)66. Clauses (18) and 20 om. by Ben. Act 1 of 1940. ***** (19)77. Clauses [19) and (24) om. by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937. ***** (20 66. Clauses (18) and 20 om. by Ben. Act 1 of 1940. ***** (21) "immovable property" shall include land, benefits to arise out of land, and things attached to the earth, or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth; (22) "imprisonment" shall mean imprisonment of either description as defined in the Indian Penal Code; (23) "local authority" shall mean a Municipal Committee, District Board, body of Port Commissioners or other authority legally entitled to, or entrusted by the Government with, the control or management of a municipal or local fund; (24)**** (25) "Magistrate" shall include every person exercising all or any of the powers of a Magistrate under the Code of Criminal Procedure for the time being in force; (26) "master," used with reference to a ship, shall mean any person.....
List Judgments citing this section.....for the payment of any sum of money by a bill of exchange or promissory note, or for the delivery of any bill of exchange or promissory note in satisfaction of any sum of money, or for the payment of any sum of money out of any particular fund which may or may not be available, or upon any condition or contingency which may or may not be performed or happen; (b) an order for the payment of any sum of money weekly, monthly, or at any other stated period; and (c) a letter of credit, that is to say, any instrument by which one person authorises another to give credit to the person in whose favour it is drawn: (4) "bill of lading" includes a "through bill of lading", but does not include a mate's receipt: (5) "bond" includes (a) any instrument whereby a person obliges himself to pay money to another, on condition that the obligation shall be void if a specified act is performed, or is not performed, as the case may be; (b) any instrument attested by a witness and not payable to order or bearer, whereby a person obliges himself to pay money to another; and (c) any instrument so attested, whereby a person obliges himself to deliver grain or other agricultural produce to another: .....
List Judgments citing this section