Maharashtra Agricultural Debtors Relief Act

Act number: 28 of 1947
Enacted: 27 May 1947
Contents: 68 sections

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

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