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- Jurisdiction
- Maharashtra
- Enactment date
- 1947-05-27
- Sections available
- 68
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1Short title and extent.→2Definitions.→3Savings.→4Application for adjustment of debts.→5Every creditor and debtor to file a true and correct statement before Court.→6Application by debtor jointly and severally liable.→7Assignees from non-debtor not entitled to benefit of this Act.→8Application for recording settlement.→9Settlement during pendency of proceedings before Court.→10Certain settlement to be void.→11Application under section 4 or 8 to be made only in respect of debtor whose debts are not more than Rs. 15,000.→12Withdrawal of applications.→13Consolidation of applications.→13APower of Civil Judge to refer for disposal certain applications to Joint Civil Judge.→14Service of notice on debtors and creditors to submit statement of debts.→15Debts in respect of which no application for adjustment or settlement is made to be void.→16Duties of debtors and creditors.→17Preliminary issues.→18Deleted.→19Transfer of pending suits, appeals, applications and proceedings to the Court.→20Taking of accounts.→21Examination of creditor and debtor.→22Mode of taking accounts.→23In certain cases rent may be charged in lieu of profits.→24Power of Court to declare transfer purporting to be sale to be in nature of mortgage.→25Provisions of section 24 not to apply to certain transfers and transferees.→26Notice to Collector co-operative societies, Registrar, local authorities and others.→27Court's duty to determine particulars, value, etc., of property.→28Fraudulent alienations or incumbrances void.→29Value of property of debtor to be determined by Court in prescribed manner.→30Paying capacity.→31Debts payable by debtors to be scaled down.→32Award.→33Court to prepare scheme for adjustment of debts through provincial Land Mortgage Bank.→34No recovery of amount in excess of debts scaled down.→35Debts not to be scaled down in case of collusion.→36Ex parte proceedings if any party does not appear.→37Re-opening of award and re-adjustment of debts.→38Award to be registered: how executed.→39Postponement of payment of instalment in case of remissions, etc.→40No alienation by debtor before discharge of debts valid.→41Court may order sale of debtor's property in liquidation of his debt.→42Pleaders, etc., excluded from appearance.→43Appeals.→43APower of District Judge to refer for disposal certain appeals to Assistant Judge or Civil Judge empowered to hear appeals.→44Court-fees.→45Notice how served.→46Provisions of Civil Procedure Code to apply to proceedings.→46ADebt Adjustment Register and Index.→46BCourt to send awards and memorandums to Registrars and Sub-Registrars.→46CNotice of appeals to Registrars.→46DRegistration.→46ERegistration of awards under repealed Act.→46FNotice of awards.→46GApplication of Indian Registration Act.→47Court to declare debtor insolvent in certain circumstances.→48Procedure in insolvency proceedings.→49Distribution of assets of insolvent.→50Bar to application in insolvency in other courts.→51Appeals barred.→51ABar of civil suits or proceedings.→52Period of proceeding before Courts under this Act to be excluded.→53Alienation of standing crops, etc., before repayment of loan prohibited.→54Power of State Government to authorize any person to advance loans to debtors.→55Rules.→56Repeal of Act XVII of 1879 and Bom. XXVIII of 1939.→57Special provision for application under section 4 in respect of debts due to creditor in merged territory.→58Special provision for application under section 24 in respect of land situate in merged territories.→
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