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Good Afternoon,just to introduce myself.My name is mike and i live and TRY to trade for a living in Luton Beds.
Spread betting firms i,m finding can be the pits, unfilled orders,not opening trades when the market opens, like this morning with Easy2spreadbet the whole FSTE100 was closed.I suppose it,s welcome to the world of Brokers.Its a bit disconcerning when you are fairly new to all of this.I,ve stopped putting in orders for now as they never get filled.Anybody else have the same probs.
I trade with finspreads (a cityindex firm) and have an account with capital spreads.
I dont have the problems you mention and have been an active user with fins for many years.
Switch brokers or at least have another one on standby, if one mess's you around then use the other.
Also, mention your problems to your broker, if unresolved then simply switch, you learn a lot about a company when you have a problem and if not resolved satisfactorily then you know what to do. Complain with your feet.
Thank Lee,i,m looking at GFT they seem o.k. had a session with them over the internet seem o.k. but you never know do you.
Gow with IG . They are very good.
Gow with IG. They are very good.
Yep. I have heard dodgy stories with every other company.
Its a good idea to have two spreadbetting accounts. There wil be times when one a position cannot be closed with one due to tech problems or whatever - but you can then always open an oppposing position in the same market with the other firm to limit any damage.
I have accounts with quite a few SB Co's but use IG , CapSpreads and CMC every day and I have had no probs at all since last May ('07) when I went full time. Have met some of the guys that work for those firms, and they're ok.
I don't trade the news, prices move to quickly, so you'll get let down. Common sense really.
i like the gft trading platform. but keep hearing bad stuff .
IG are the way around here, they probably closed trading this morning since they knew they would lose quite a bit (if people were sensible enough to short).
IG are the way around here, they probably closed trading this morning since they knew they would lose quite a bit .
Why would a bookmaker close his doors if he knew a few 'favourites' were going to win today ?
I take it that if the Brokers cant hedge then they close the market as they will loose to much, I weep for them.
KillPhil what do you hear about GFT.
You are doing something wrong, mate. I was opening short positions on shares, yesterday morning and the Fins platform was as good as gold. Also, traded the Footsie several times. I've opened positions on shares this morning and no problems.
Generally rare but if they cannot hedge the excess on their books then you will not get filled. This generally only happens in fast illiquid markets. I've never experienced this with the brokers I've used over the years I've been trading (full time/daily).
Whether they decide to fill you or not is up to the individual company themselves but its easy to reason with that if they cant buy/sell the contracts directly then you cant buy/sell them either.
This happens in Direct Market Access as well as spreadbetting companies. Just because you want to buy or sell a particular instrument does not mean that you will get filled at the prefered price and in some cases not filled at all.
Thanks guys useful info.I had to ring up to get the order filled a few days ago and they filled as a matter of urgency thats what they said to me anyway.Phil i must be but i don,t know what it is i,ll figure it out.I know the first mistake i made with an order some months ago was to expect the closing price the next morning what a wally.Still i live and learn.


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Q: Azure pipelines run specific task if and ONLY IF branch is equal to master in yaml I am trying to change my yaml file to add some more tasks. This is my current yaml file:
trigger:
  - master

pool:
  vmImage: 'Ubuntu-16.04'

steps:
  - task: Maven@3
    inputs:
      mavenPomFile: 'pom.xml'
      # according to: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/vsts-docs/issues/3845,
      # maven options should go to goals instead, as mavenOptions is for jvm options
      mavenOptions: '-Xmx3072m'
      javaHomeOption: 'JDKVersion'
      jdkVersionOption: '1.11'
      jdkArchitectureOption: 'x64'
      publishJUnitResults: true
      testResultsFiles: '**/surefire-reports/TEST-*.xml'
      goals: 'verify -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.log.org.apache.maven.cli.transfer.Slf4jMavenTransferListener=WARN -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.showDateTime=true -Djava.awt.headless=true --batch-mode --show-version'

I want to run one goal only if the branch that runs is master. Basically with my tests, I create a dockerfile and I want to push it to dockerhub, but I don't want that to happen every time someone opens a pull request; I want that to happen only if master is running the tests. Something like this
if branch == master
steps: *

but I don't seem to find anything in the Azure Pipelines documentation on how to do this

A: I do something like this as i find it easier to read later
${{ if contains(Build.SourceBranch, 'master') }}:
  steps:
  - task: Maven@3
    inputs:
      etcetera: 'etc.'
${{ else }}:
  steps:
  - task: Some other task

A: You can use the following condition on the task you want to condition:
eq(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/master')

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/conditions?view=azure-devops&tabs=yaml#examples

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Separation anxiety disorder affects both children and adults. Individuals with other anxiety disorders are at a higher risk of suffering from separation anxiety. The good news is that there are plenty of treatment options for this debilitating condition.
When you hear the term "separation anxiety," you probably think about children. However, separation anxiety disorder (SAD) can also affect adults.
Separation anxiety is when an individual is afraid of separating from a person, animal, or even an object. As you might imagine, in all cases separation anxiety manifests itself after the separation. Possible symptoms range from nausea and headaches to even a sore throat.
Separation anxiety often occurs in children, especially during the first years of life. Children are still incapable of understanding that when their parents leave, they still exist and will still be in their lives.
It might seem strange that adults would suffer from this disorder, considering that they do understand that people can leave and come back. However, their anxiety comes from the uncertainty of when they will see that person, place, or object again. This uncertainty can be particularly intense in certain situations, like a soldier being deployed to a particularly violent place.
The number one characteristic of separation anxiety disorder in adults is excessive worrying about being alone. But where do you draw the line between the fairly normal concern about loneliness and an anxiety disorder?
Excessive anxiety about being separated from a person, animal, or object.
The very intense need to know where another person is at all times.
In adults, these symptoms can last for six months or more. They can cause significant angst and affect the individual's social and professional life.
Separation anxiety in adults tends to manifest after separating from a person who is near and dear to the individual. On the other hand, separation anxiety can also be related to other kinds of mental problems, such as delirious ideas (psychotic disorders) or fear of change (autism spectrum disorder).
Sometimes, adults with separation anxiety disorder seem controlling or overprotective. However, their actions are often an adult way to express their fear of separation.
Separation anxiety can stem from childhood. More specifically, it can be related to the individual's first bonds of attachment. It can also stem from later experiences of unexpected and sudden loss. Trauma due to abuse and neglect can cause separation anxiety as well.
Separation anxiety in adults often develops after the loss of a loved one or a big life event. Leaving home to go to college and divorce are two common causes of separation anxiety.
The likelihood that you'll develop separation anxiety disorder as an adult is much higher if you were diagnosed with separation anxiety disorder as a child. Adults who grew up with authoritarian parents also have a higher risk of developing this type of disorder. Another high-risk population is people with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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I am working on building an app that takes in a value through a UI Form TextBox. Once that form is submitted it calls a method that then appends a "/" to the value. The problem is that .append() is not available, because getElementById() returns a GenericWidget object and thus cannot be operated on as if it were a string. I have tried type casting it use .toString() in the var userinput = app.getElementById('input').toString; call and afterward using userinput = userinput.toString.
I have been working with Apps Script for about a month and a few days now and I think that casting to a different type other than GenericWidget would be helpful for anyone who wants to modify a value in a type specific way after passing the value to another method.
I have also done a good bit of research trying to find a solutiong for my problem but like a couple times in the past working with Apps Script I find that since it is a younger language there isn't as much helpful information as there is with languages like Javascript, HTML, and XML. Any help is appreciated.

A: You have to get the textBox value using e.parameter.textBoxName an then re-assign a value to the textBox. A short example will be more explicit
function doGet(){
 var app = UiApp.createApplication();
 var textbox = app.createTextBox().setName('txt').setId('txt')
// add other elements, handlers, callBackElements, etc...
}

function changetext(e){
var app = UiApp.getActiveApplication();
var textBoxValue = e.parameter.txt ; // get the value in the text box
var txtBoxWidget = app.getElementById('txt') ; get the widget by its ID
txtBoxWidget.setText(textBoxValue+'/'):// assign the modified value
return app ;// update the UI with new value
}


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MO Union to Force Right to Work Initiative on Ballot
AFL-CIO group paid D.C. consultants $431,114 for grassroots petition effort
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Bill McMorris • August 12, 2017 5:00 am
Union activists, with the help of a Washington, D.C., firm, reportedly have enough signatures to block Missouri from implementing its right-to-work law and force a ballot measure on the question in 2018.
Missouri AFL-CIO President Mike Louis said that the We Are Missouri movement, which shares headquarters with the union, has gathered almost 300,000 signatures supporting the ballot measure—three times more than the 100,000 needed to force an election.
The union plans to deliver the signatures to the Missouri Secretary of State's office after assembling at the state capitol on Aug. 18, Louis said at a rally on Aug. 8. If the initiative is successful, the petition will block the state from enacting Right to Work, which prevents employers from mandating union membership as a condition of employment, until the 2018 election.
"It really is humbling to know what you've accomplished will go down in the history books,'' Louis told supporters [18 minute mark] before donning a "Right to Work is a Ripoff" hat. "We're going to end this attack."
The union launched the groundbreaking petition drive with the help of FieldWorks LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based firm that contracts with dozens of major Democratic groups, including the DNC, pro-abortion EMILY's List, Everytown For Gun Safety, Sierra Club, and a number of labor unions, including the SEIU, the AFL-CIO, and UNITE HERE. The group received $431,114 from AFL-CIO's We Are Missouri and $234,736 from the Teamsters-linked Preserve Middle Class America.
FieldWorks LLC has been advertising for full- and part-time canvassers in Missouri since April, according to a job posting on its website. Petition gatherers can earn "up to $450-$740 per week," according to the job posting, with the goal of using "innovative grassroots strategies, the newest technologies, and time-tested shoe leather tactics [to mobilize] people to achieve progressive and democratic victory."
"FieldWorks is hiring signature gatherers in Independence/Kansas City, MO. This is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to get involved in the field process by directly engaging voters and encouraging them to take action," the posting says. "Our staff has knocked on millions of doors, collected petitions from hundreds of thousands of citizens, and coordinated hundreds of events and organizing strategies that have helped campaigns WIN!"
Neither FieldWorks LLC, nor Preserve Middle Class America responded to requests for comment. The AFL-CIO also did not return request for comment.
We Are Missouri also spent more than $27,000 working with the Ohio-based JVA Campaigns, which has done extensive work with the AFL-CIO in state and national campaigns. JVA helped to create We Are Missouri's website and was also given $15,000 for an expenditure described as "Campaign Management." A JVA consultant did not return request for comment.
Right to Work supporters have criticized the unions for turning to Washington, D.C. to organize and questioned whether the ballot measure is reflects grassroots support. We Are Missouri has spent about $40,000 of the nearly $800,000 it has raised in-state, according Missouri Rising, a labor watchdog firm.
"This phony petition drive is funded by Big Labor and is forced to rely on out-of-state interests because Missourians have made it clear that they want laws that don't restrict the freedoms of the private sector," Rising spokesman Jeremy Adler said. "Missouri has already made great strides since Right-To-Work was signed and delaying its implementation only hurts workers that are trying to find a job and businesses that want to hire and grow."
The National Right to Work Foundation has launched a legal challenge over the ballot initiative, which led a district court judge to declare the union's initial language "misleading" in June. Foundation spokesman Patrick Semmens said that the union is working to use a ballot measure that is "not only confusing but also grammatically flawed" in order to mischaracterize the effects of Right to Work.
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Frank Warren Has A Few Surprising Secrets To Share On Stage
April 20, 2016 Sonya Davidson Arts, Performing Arts
The internet has given so many people a place to voice themselves. The good, bad, and the ugly can, and have, revealed themselves like never before. You may have heard of PostSecret, a blog that first started as a place where people were invited to share their deepest, darkest or funniest secrets. The site became a phenomenon and has evolved over the years. PostSecret has expanded to including an app, album, art exhibits, and 6 books on the New York Times 'Best Sellers' list. What more could come of the love of sharing secrets? How about a stage production? Yep! PostSecret: The Show coming to Toronto May 3 to 8 at the Panasonic Theatre.
Frank Warren, founder of PostSecrets says the performance was the first concept that came from a blog. "Now there are all kinds of blogs creating books but PostSecret is pretty much the only play that came from a blog. I think you'll start seeing more and more of this happening as the digital world starts becoming more concrete," says Warren.
Frank Warren courtesy of Mirvish Productions
Wow! Who knew this was going to happen and from a blog? "I know!" said Warren, "It's so powerful and the truth behind the secrets and how they can be heartbreaking, hilarious, inspiring, and romantic can also happen all at the same time."
I had a chance to meet up with Frank to find out about the secrets and this new show.
How did the stage come about?
FW: I was approached by a team of creatives to put the show together and we've been working on it for five years now. We've just finished a 25-city run of the show in the U.S. and now we are thrilled to bring it to Toronto.
This all started as a blog, what made you decide to start a blog in the first place?
FW: Originally it started as an art project. I passed out postcards and people would write their secret on the back, decorate the card and mail it to me. Then I took those and posted them in a gallery show for a couple of months. When that was over I scanned them and put them on the web and then the idea started spreading virally. People began to make their own postcards and they were arriving with postmarks from everywhere and not just from Washington D.C. but also Texas, California, Vancouver, Toronto, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Dublin, and they haven't stopped coming! It's been 12 years now!
I heard you had to make room in your house for the postcards?
FW: Yes, I had to build an extra room in the basement but actually all the postcards right now are on exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C.
Any idea how many you have collected over the years?
FW: Oh, I'd say over a million at this point. There are a lot of secrets out there!
Do you remember one of the first one's you had received?
FW: One of the first ones I got, someone just wrote "I'm a white guy, but I like black girls." I had that posted in the exhibit and then somebody wrote a message on it that said, "That's OK!" I feel like in so many ways, that kind of response has come back to the project whether it was something on the web or in the books, play, people seem to want to respond back to these secrets that really touch them. They seem to want the person know that they aren't alone.
This phenomenon of sharing over social media is so fascinating, right? On one hand it's so public but then here it's so personal.
FW: You made me think about two things here. There's a lot of sharing on social media but I feel like a lot of it is not the authentic type. It seems like it's more about projecting an image or wearing a costume. On PostSecret, the postcards themselves and with the anonymity, I feel like it's exposure that's more vulnerable. I feel it's a more intimate kind of sharing.
What was life like before PostSecret?
FW: I had a job retrieving medical information for clients. I did that for about 20 years. It was a good job but it was boring. I think that boredom pushed me to pursue these creative larks on the side. This was one that caught fire and eventually it turned my life upside down. I ended up selling my business and spend 40 to 50 hours a week on PostSecrets now.
So, about the show? Funny? Emotional? What can we expect?
FW: Everything about the show is non-fiction. It comes from the secrets and the stories behind the secrets and we bring them to life. We invite audience members to write down their secrets at the show. The actors also have a chance to reveal a personal secret of theirs. There are some humorous and maybe shocking secrets but the most emotional part of the performance is when we share back the voicemail messages that people have given to me. These people who have saved messages on their smart phones, and sometimes for years, that were left from people in their lives who have passed away. It reminds us that at some point we will leave one of those last messages for those we love.
You've brought a few postcards with you. Care to share one?
FW: "My husband won't have sex with me anymore so I masturbated with a cucumber and served it in his salad for dinner."
PostSecret: The Show is an immersive, poignant journey through the humour and humanity of the personal stories we keep to ourselves, and on rare occasions, share with others. Projected images, videos, three actors and a guitarist guide the audience through crowd-sourced narratives revealing the true stories behind the secrets. The stage performance shares hopeful, shocking, painful and sexual secrets that brought hundreds of millions to the PostSecret blog.
Frank tells me that the show is very interactive. At the beginning there will be a tweet wall so pay attention to that. It will populate with audience members tweets.
Performances in Toronto run May 3 to 8, 2016, at the Panasonic Theatre. For more information visit www.mirvish.com
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FedEx will continue collecting payroll taxes from employees, declining the opportunity to delay the tax payments under President Donald Trump's recent order.
The order, in response to economic turmoil caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, allows employers to defer the withholding and payment of the Social Security portion of payroll taxes for employees from Tuesday through Dec. 31. Employees currently pay a 6.2% Social Security tax on earnings up to $137,700.
The order provides larger take-home pay for employees this year, but the taxes will then have to be paid back early next year for those opting in. In a statement Wednesday, FedEx said there are still "a number of unanswered questions for businesses and their payroll providers" on how to use the program.
"FedEx plans to continue withholding and remitting employees' share of Social Security taxes at least until more complete guidance is released by the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department," the company said.
FedEx deferred payment of the employer portion of Social Security taxes through the end of the year, as allowed under the CARES Act, which went into effect March 27. FedEx said in a regulatory filing that the deferral is expected to provide it with an additional $625 million in liquidity in 2020 and 2021.
FedEx Express employed about 245,000 people worldwide as of May.
According to U.S. Treasury Department guidance, Trump's order applies to employees making a bi-weekly amount of less than $4,000. The deferred taxes must be paid by April 30, "or interest, penalties, and additions to tax will begin to accrue," the guidance says.
"If necessary, the Affected Taxpayer may make arrangements to otherwise collect the total Applicable Taxes from the employee," it says.
Trump's order saw pushback from a coalition of business associations, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the coalition said the order "creates a substantial tax liability for employees" if Congress does not take action to forgive the tax payments pushed to next year.
"Many of our members consider it unfair to employees to make a decision that would force a big tax bill on them next year," the coalition wrote. "It would also be unworkable to implement a system where employees make this decision. Therefore, many of our members will likely decline to implement deferral, choosing instead to continue to withhold and remit to the government the payroll taxes required by law."
Trump's order says the Secretary of the Treasury "shall explore avenues, including legislation," to eliminate that obligation to pay back the deferred taxes.
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Floating space station astronauts go about business while traveling at lightning speed
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NASA Astronauts on their work on the International Space Station
NASA Astronauts Lt. Col. Anne C. McClain and Christina H. Koch on their experiences on the International Space Station and NASA plans for a return to the Moon as a step in the long-term goal to go to Mars.
While the Earth zooms through space, residents on the International Space Station are floating about 250 miles above the atmosphere at a lightning speed of about 17,500 miles per hour. But inside, it's business as usual for NASA Astronauts Lt. Col. Anne C. McClain and Christina H. Koch.
"It's just a standard day in space working on experiments keeping the space station running at peak performance and going about our business as astronauts," said Koch to FOX Business Maria Bartiromo on Wednesday.
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And for Koch and McClain, who freely floated about while being interviewed, time has been well spent. They have been living in low Earth orbits for months, representing humankind. And despite being 5 days shy of returning home, McClain said her 6-month residency has been a very "special experience."
"We are living on the International Space Station in an environment that was that was never originally designed for humans," she said. "Or humans we're not designed for this environment."
Aboard the space station, McClain and Koch are confined to a 3,500 foot living space, where their main focus has been put on conducting science experiments and maintenance.
"Both of those things inform our, our scientific communities and about where we came from, where's our planet in the universe… where are we going. And it helps us understand our place in the universe and in some technologies that can benefit humankind."


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The Stockings Were Hung collecting donations for annual project in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley
Jason Malloy · Lead editor, Annapolis Valley Register | Posted: Dec. 1, 2022, 9:26 a.m. | Updated: Dec. 1, 2022, 9:26 a.m. | 3 Min Read
Annapolis Valley residents are collecting donations to make sure school-age children receive a Christmas stocking this year.
KENTVILLE, N.S. — Volunteers are working hard to ensure Annapolis Valley children have a stocking on Christmas morning.
The Stockings Were Hung provides stocking items for school-age children in Annapolis, Kings and Hants counties.
"Christmas is a financial strain for a lot of parents," said organizer Donna Conrad. "As a community, if we all pull together and each do a little bit, it makes it a little easier for everyone."
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Now in its 10th year, the program has helped thousands of families. The group filled more than 1,500 stockings in 2021 and officials anticipate the need to be about the same this year.
"Everything is getting more expensive," said Conrad, noting they are trying to fill a special niche during the Christmas season.
"There are so many really great groups out there that are doing hampers and buying Christmas gifts, so we do a stocking," she said. "It's nice to get on Christmas Day."
Businesses, service groups, community groups, sports teams, individuals, families and others have annually filled boxes with stocking items. Many businesses place boxes in their stores where people can drop off items to donate to the cause.
The boxes are then picked up and items sorted.
"We have volunteers who organize the items then we go in as a group … and fill these bags that become other people's stockings," Conrad said.
Donation ideas
Some ideas for donated items for The Stockings Were Hung project are:
• Toothbrush
• Toothpaste
• Card games
• Teddy bears
• Personal hygiene products
• Colouring books
• Small toys
• Hats
• Mittens/gloves
• Soap
• Bath bombs
• Gift cards
Boxes will be picked up between Dec. 12 and 19 with the majority being collected by Dec. 15.
There are other businesses who run special promotions during the campaign with a portion of their sales going to the program. Events are also held to raise funds for the project.
"It's neat to see how people find ways to help other people," Conrad said.
Organizers work with officials in the community to ensure those in need receive a stocking before Christmas.
An online auction will take place Thursday, Dec. 1, on The Stockings Were Hung Facebook page. It begins at 7:15 p.m. More information about the project can also be found on the Facebook page.
Updated Dec. 15, 2020 |4 min read


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THE BENAMI TRANSACTIONS (PROHIBITION) ACT, 1988
THE BOMBAY LIFTS ACT, 1939
THE CONSTITUTION (NINETY SEVENTH AMENDMENT) ACT, 2011
The Maharashtra Co-Operative Societies Act I960
THE MAHARASHTRA PREVENTION OF THE FRAGMENTATION AND CONSOLIDATION OF HOLDINGS ACT, 1947
THE [GOVERNMENT] GRANTS ACT, 1895*
The Maharashtra Gunthewari Developments (Regularisation, Upgradation and Control) Act, 2001
THE INDIAN CONTRACT, 1872
The Specific Relief Act, 1963
THE INDIAN EASEMENTS ACT, 1882
The Maharashtra Felling of Trees (Regulation) Act, 1964
The Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Protection and Preservation of Trees Act, 1975
Maharashtra Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures Act, 2006
The Maharashtra Project Affected Persons Rehabilitation Act, 1999
Bombay Regulation VIII of 1827
The Maharashtra Prevention of Defacement of Property Act, 1995
The Administrators-General Act, 1963
The Charitable Endowments Act, 1890
The Maharashtra Housing (Regulation and Development) Act, 2012
MOFA Act 1963
The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development (MHADA) Act, 1976
The Maharashtra Ownership Flats (Regulations of the Promotion Of Construction, Sale, Management And Transfer) Rules, 1964.
THE MAHARASHTRA APARTMENT OWNERSHIP ACT, 1970
MAHARASHTRA APARTMENT OWNERSHIP RULES, 1972
THE MAHARASHTRA LAND REVENUE CODE, 1966
The Maharashtra Khar Lands Development Act, 1979
Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966
The Maharashtra Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2017
Maharashtra Restoration of Lands to Scheduled Tribes Act, 1974
Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance And Redevelopment) Act, 1971
THE INDIAN STAMP ACT, 1899
The Maharashtra Court-Fees Act
The Maharashtra Stamp Act
REGISTRATION ACT, 1908
The Registration (Maharashtra Amendment) Act, 2010
THE RIGHT TO FAIR COMPENSATION AND TRANSPARENCY IN LAND ACQUISITION, REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT ACT, 2013
More Acts
TRANSFER OF PROPERTY ACT, 1882
The Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act
THE TRANSFER OF PROPERTY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2002*
THE URBAN LAND (CEILING AND REGULATION) ACT, 1976
THE URBAN LAND (CEILING AND REGULATION) REPEAL ACT, 1999
The Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887
THE MAHARASHTRA RENT CONTROL ACT, 1999
THE WAREHOUSING (DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION) ACT, 2007
The Maharashtra Tax on Buildings (With Larger Residential Premises) (Re-Enacted) Act, 1979
The Maharashtra Warehouses Act
The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010
The Maharashtra Hereditary Offices Act
The Married Women's Property Act, 1874
THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT TRIBUNAL ACT, 1995
The Nagpur Improvement Trust Act, 1936
The Maharashtra Land Requisition Act
The Maharashtra Land Improvement Schemes Act
The Maharashtra Groundwater (Development and Management) Act, 2009
The Hindu Succession Act, 1956
The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957
The Maharashtra Groundwater (Regulation for Drinking Water Purposes) Act, 1993
The Maharashtra Abolition of Subsisting Proprietary Rights to Mines and Minerals in Certain Lands Act, 1985
THE DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACT, 2005
The Maharashtra Drinking Water Supply Requisition Act, 1983
The Bombay City (Inami and Special Tenures) Abolition and Maharashtra Land Revenue Code (Amendment) Act, 1969
The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Act, 2013
The Maharashtra Civil Courts Act
The Maharashtra Industrial Development Act, 1961
The Maharashtra Lifts, Escalators and Moving Walks Act, 2017
The Development Control Regulations for Greater Mumbai, 1991
Development Control Regulations- Thane, 1994
The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development (Disposal of Land) Rules, 1981
RULES FOR FIXING CAPITAL VALUE OF LANDS AND BUILDINGS
THE MAHARASHTRA STAMP (DETERMINATION OF TRUE MARKET VALUE OF PROPERTY) RULES, 1995
THE MAHARASHTRA STAMP RULES, 1939
The Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2016
The Maharashtra Development Plans Rules, 1970
The Maharashtra Land Revenue (Restriction on Use of Land) Rules, 1968
The Maharashtra Town Planning Schemes Rules, 1974
The Maharashtra Land Revenue (Boundaries and Boundary Marks) Rules, 1969
The Biological Diversity Rules, 2004
The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Maharashtra) Rules, 2014
The Maharashtra Land Revenue (Assessment and Settlement of Land Revenue of Agricultural Lands) Rules, 1970
The Maharashtra Land Revenue (Regulation of Right to Trees etc.) Rules, 1967
The Maharashtra Land Revenue (Conversion of Use of Land and Non-Agricultural Assessment) Rules, 1969
The Maharashtra Land Revenue (Partition of Holdings) Rules, 1967
The Maharashtra Land Revenue (Village, Town and City Survey) Rules, 1969
The Maharashtra Land Revenue Khate-Pustika (Booklet) (Preparation, Issue and Maintenance) Rules, 1971
Compendium of Maharashtra Slum Areas Rules & Regulations
The Maharashtra Granite Extraction Rules, 1995
The Maharashtra Registration Rules, 1961
The Maharashtra Land Revenue (Reduction, Suspension and Remission) Rules, 1970
The Maharashtra Groundwater (Regulation for Drinking Water Purposes) Rules, 1995
The Maharashtra Land Revenue (Disposal of Government Lands) Rules, 1971
The Maharashtra e-Payment of Stamp Duty and Refund Rules, 2013
The Maharashtra Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures Rules, 2009
The Maharashtra Land Revenue (Conversion of Occupancy Class-II and Leasehold Lands into Occupancy Class-I Lands) Rules, 2019
The Maharashtra Realisation of Land Revenue Rules, 1967
The Bombay City Land Revenue Assessment Rules, 1989
The Maharashtra Land Revenue Record of Rights and Registers (Preparation and Maintenance) Rules, 1971
The Maharashtra Land Revenue (Transfer of Occupancy by Tribals to Non-Tribals) Rules, 1975
The Maharashtra Land Revenue (Inclusion of Certain Bhumidharis in Occupants- Class I Permission) Rules, 1968
The Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal Regulations, 2013
The Maharashtra Felling of Trees (Regulation) Rules, 1967
The Maharashtra Land Revenue (Register of Alienated Lands) Rules, 1967
The Maharashtra Khar Lands Development Rules, 1981
THE BOMBAY CITY (INAMI AND SPECIAL TENURES) ABOLITION RULES, 1972
Model Forms
AGREEMENT FOR SALE OF FLAT
Modification Deed
Deed of Simple Mortgage
Deed of Mortgage by Conditional Sale
Building Construction Agreement
Deed of Usufructuary Mortgage
Deed of Usufructuary Mortgage by Conditional Sale (Anomalous Mortgage)
Deed of Private Trust
Deed of Public Charitable Trust
Deed of Sub-Mortgage
MODEL FORM – DEED OF SALE
Deed of further charge on the Mortgaged Property
Deed of Charge
AFFIDAVIT-CUM-DECLARATION
Deed of Partition
Deed of Exchange
Release Deed of Flat
Adjudication Form under Stamp Act along with Check-list -English
Letter of Indemnity-cum-Affidavit
IGR FORMS
Format of application for taking property on the Municipal Records-MCGM
Deed of Release of Mortgaged Property
Partnership Deed
DEED OF DISSOLUTION
DEED OF RETIREMENT
Deed of English Mortgage
Memorandum of Mortgage by Deposit of Title Deeds
Special Power of Attorney for Sale
Special Power of Attorney for Litigation
Special Power of Attorney for Admitting Execution
GIFT OF IMMOVABLE PROPERTY
Deed of Lease
Deed of Re-conveyance of Mortgaged Property
LEAVE & LICENCE AGREEMENT WITH LOCK-IN OPTION
LEAVE & LICENCE AGREEMENT
PAYING GUEST AGREEMENT
Police Verification of Property
PUBLIC NOTICE BEFORE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY
PUBLIC NOTICE IN CASE OF LOSS OF SHARE CERTIFICATE
Deed of Sale of Deity Property
Deed of Lease of Deity Property
Agreement for the Allotment of Service Quarters
Deed of Declaration
Deed of Apartment- Form I
Deed of Apartment- Form II
Slum Rehabilitation Agreement
Agreement for Allotment of Alternative Accommodation
Agreement of Tenancy
Deed of Wakf for Public Purposes
Deed of Tenancy Transfer
Deed of Surrender of Tenancy
Policies and Notifications
Circular regarding registration of Confirmation Deed or Declaration Deed- Dated 22/12/2011
Re-development of Co-op. Housing Societies-Guidelines
Ready Reckoner Guidelines-Mumbai 2016-17
MCZMA Notifications
TDR Policy for Rest of Maharashtra-2016
TDR & Reservation Policy Notifications – Mumbai 2016
Conditions for the Redevelopment of Existing Cinema/ Theatre in Mumbai
G.R. dated 7th July, 2016 – Procedure and Checklist for Site Inspection before the grant of Building Permission and Occupancy Certificate in Maharashtra
Comprehensive Guidelines for Deemed Conveyance in Maharashtra G.R. Dated 22nd June, 2018
CRZ NOTIFICATION-1991
CRZ NOTIFICATION—2011
Island Protection Zone, 2011
D.C. Regulations Mumbai- Modification Notifications
Deemed Conveyance G.R.
Levy of Non-occupancy charges from the members of Co-operative Housing Societies
Maharashtra G.R. dated 17th November, 2018 – Regularisation of Encroachments on Government Lands- English Translation
Circular dated 1st January, 2017 – Subject- No-Objection Certificate for sale, mortgage, repairs of flats in housing societies
Maximum Rates of Premium for Transfer of Flats/Premises
Slum G.R. dated 14th May, 2008 – Allotment of Flat of 269 square feet area to Hut holders
G.R. dated 11th September, 2019 –— Guidelines for Rapid Re-development of Cessed buildings in Mumbai City
Sale of Flat on the Basis of Carpet Area:- G.R. dated 20th August, 2008
G.R. dated 13th September, 2019- – Rehabilitation of the authorised and unauthorised occupiers of the MHADA Transit camps upon their Re-development
TABLE OF REGISTRATION FEES- Maharashtra
Government Circular dt. 21st April, 2018 – Registration of Partition Deed of HUF Property- [English Translation]
Appointment of Competent Authorities under the MOF Act, 1963-Notification
(No 45 of 1963)
[11th December 1963]
(In its application to the State of Maharashtra)
Amended by Act 25 of 1968 (15.08.1968)
Amended by Act 8 of 1972 (25.02.1972)
Amended by Mah. Act 14 of 1983
Amended by Act 18 of 1983
Amended by Mah. Act 12 of 2002 (15.03.2002)
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the office and duties of Administrator-General.
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fourteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
Section.1. Short title, extent and commencement,-
(1) This Act may be called the Administrators-General Act, 1963.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Section 2. Definitions,-
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "assets" means all the property, movable and immovable, of a deceased person, which is chargeable with and applicable to the payment of his debts and legacies, or available for distribution among his heirs and next-of-kin;
(b) "letters of administration" includes any letters of administration whether general or with a copy of the will annexed or limited in time or otherwise;
(c) "next-of-kin" includes a widower or widow of a deceased person, or any other person who by law would be entitled to letters of administration in preference to a creditor or legatee of the deceased; and
(d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act.
THE OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR-GENERAL
Section 3. Appointment of Administrator-General,-
(1) The State Government shall appoint an Administrator-General for the State:
Provided that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to bar the appointment of the same person as Administrator-General for two or more States.
(2) No person shall be appointed to the office of Administrator- General unless he has been for at least—
(a) seven years an advocate; or
(b) seven years an attorney of a High Court; or
(c) ten years a member of the judicial service of a State; or
(d) five years a Deputy Administrator-General.
Section 4. Appointment and powers of Deputy Administrator-General,-
(1) The State Government may appoint a Deputy or Deputies to assist the Administrator-General; and any Deputy so appointed shall, subject to the control of the State Government and the general or special orders of the Administrator-General, be competent to discharge any of the duties and to exercise any of the powers of the Administrator-General, and when discharging such duties or exercising such powers shall have the same privileges and be subject to the same liabilities as the Administrator-General.
(2) No person shall be appointed as a Deputy under this section unless he has been for at least three years—
(a) an advocate; or
(b) an attorney of a High Court; or
(c) a member of the judicial service of a State.
Section 5. Incorporation,-
The Administrator-General shall be a corporation sole by the name of the Administrator-General of the State for which he is appointed, and, as such Administrator-General, shall have perpetual succession and an official seal, and may sue and be sued in his corporate name.
RIGHTS, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR-GENERAL
(a) Grant of letters of administration and probate
Section 6. Jurisdiction of High Court for the whole State,-
So far as regards the Administrator-General of any State, the High Court shall be deemed to be a Court of competent jurisdiction for the purpose of granting probate or letters of administration under any law for the time being in force, wherever so ever within the State the estate to be administered is situate:
Provided that nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the jurisdiction of any district court.
Section 7. Administrator-General entitled to letters of administration, unless granted to next-of-kin,-
Any letters of administration granted by the High Court shall be granted to the Administrator-General of the State unless they are granted to the next-of-kin of the deceased.
Section 8. Administrator-General entitled to letters of administration in preference to creditors, certain legatees or friends,-
The Administrator-General of the State shall be deemed by all the courts in the State to have a right to letters of administration other than letters pendente lite in preference to that of—
(a) a creditor; or
(b) a legatee, other than a universal legatee or a residuary legatee or the representative of a residuary legatee; or
(c) a friend of the deceased.
Section 9. Right of Administrator-General to apply for administration of estates,-
(1) if—
(a) any person has died leaving within any Sate assets exceeding rupees ten lakhs in value, and
(b) (whether the obtaining of probate of his will or letters of administration to his estate is or is not obligatory), no person to whom any court would have jurisdiction to commit administration of such assets has, within one month after his death, applied in such State for such probate, or letters of administration, and
(c) (in cases where the obtaining of such probate or letters of administration is not obligatory under the provisions of the Indian Succession Act, 1925), no person has taken other proceedings for the protection of the estate,
the Administrator-General of the State in which such assets are, may subject to any rules made by the State Government, within a reasonable time after he has had notice of the death of such person, and of his having left such assets, take such proceedings as may be necessary to obtain from the High Court letters of administration of the estate of such person.
(2) The Administrator-General shall not take proceedings under this section unless he is satisfied, that there is apprehension of misappropriation, deterioration or waste of such assets if such proceedings are not taken by him or that such proceedings are otherwise necessary for the protection of the assets.
Section 10. Power of Administrator-General to collect and hold assets where immediate action is,-
(1) Whenever any person, has died leaving assets within any State, exceeding rupees ten lakhs in value, and the High Court for that State is satisfied that there is imminent danger of misappropriation, deterioration or waste of such assets, requiring immediate action, the High Court may, upon the application of the Administrator-General or of any person interested in such assets or in the due administration thereof, forthwith direct the Administrator-General—
(a) to collect and take possession of such assets, and
(b) to hold, deposit, realise, sell or invest the same according to the directions of the High Court, and, in default of any such directions, according to the provisions of this Act so far as the same are applicable to such assets.
(2) Any order of the High Court under sub-section (1) shall entitle the Administrator-General—
(a) to maintain any suit or proceeding for the recovery of such assets;
(b) if he thinks fit, to apply for letters of administration of the estate of such deceased person;
(c) to retain out of the assets of the estate any fees chargeable under rules made under this Act; and
(d) to reimburse himself for all payments made by him in respect of such assets which a private administrator might lawfully have made.
Section 11. Grant of probate or letters of administration to person appearing in the course of proceeding taken by Administrator-General,-
If, in the course of proceedings to obtain letters of administration under the provisions of section 9 or section 10,-
(a) any person appears and establishes his claim—
(i) to probate of the will of the deceased; or
(ii) to letters of administration as next-of-kin of the deceased and gives such security as may be required of him by law; or
(b) any person satisfies the High Court that he has taken and is prosecuting with due diligence other proceedings for the protection of the estate, the case being one in which the obtaining of such probate or letters of administration is not obligatory under the provisions of the Indian Succession Act, 1925; or
(c) the High Court is satisfied that there is no apprehension of misappropriation, deterioration, or waste of the assets and that the grant of letters of administration in such proceedings is not otherwise necessary for the protection of the assets;
the High Court shall—
(1) in the case mentioned in clause (a), grant probate of the will or letters of administration accordingly;
(2) In the case mentioned in clause (b) or clause (c), drop the proceedings; and
(3) in all the cases award to the Administrator-General the costs of any proceedings taken by him under those sections to be paid out of the estate as part of the testamentary or intestate expenses thereof.
Section 12. Grant of administration to Administrator-General in certain cases,-
If, in the course of proceedings to obtain letters of administration under the provisions of section 9 or section 10, and within such period as to the High Court seems reasonable, no person appears and establishes his claim to probate of a will, or to a grant of letters of administration as next-of-kin of the deceased, or satisfies the High Court that he has taken and is prosecuting with due diligence other proceedings for the protection of the estate, the case being one in which the obtaining of such probate or letters of administration is not obligatory under the provisions of the Indian Succession Act, 1925, and the High Court is satisfied that there is apprehension of misappropriation, deterioration, or waste of the assets or that the grant of letters of administration in such proceedings is otherwise necessary for the protection of the assets;
or if a person who has established his claim to a grant of letters of administration as next-of-kin of the deceased fails to give such security as may be required of him by law;
the High Court may grant letters of administration to the Administrator-General.
Section 13. Administrator-General not precluded from applying for letters within one month after death,-
Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to preclude the Administrator-General from applying to the High Court for letters of administration in any case within the period of one month from the death of the deceased.
(b) Revocation of grants
Section 14. Recall of Administrator-General's administration and grant of probate etc., to executor or next-of-kin,-
If an executor or next-of-kin of the deceased, who has not been personally served with a citation or who has not had notice thereof in time to appear pursuant thereto, establishes to the satisfaction of the High Court a claim to probate of will or to letters of administration in preference to the Administrator-General, any letters of administration granted in accordance with the provisions of this Act to the Administrator-General—
(a) shall be revoked, if a will of the deceased is proved in the State;
(b) may be revoked, in other cases, if an application for that purpose is made within six months after the grant to the Administrator-General and the High Court is satisfied that there has been no unreasonable delay in making the application, or in transmitting the authority under which the application is made;
and probate or letters of administration may be granted to such executor or next-of-kin as the case may be.
Section 15. Cost of obtaining administration, etc., may, on revocation, be ordered to be paid to Administrator-General out of estate,-
If any letters of administration granted to the Administrator-General in accordance with the provisions of this Act are revoked, the High Court may order the costs of obtaining such letters of administration, and the whole or any part of any fees which would otherwise have been payable under this Act, together with the cost of the Administrator-General in any proceedings taken to obtain such revocation, to be paid to or retained by the Administrator-General out of the estate:
Provided that nothing in this section shall affect the provisions of clauses (c) and (d) of sub-section (2) of section 10.
Section 16. After revocation letters granted to Administrator-General to be deemed, as to him, to have been voidable only,-
If any letters of administration granted to the Administrator-General in accordance with the provisions of this Act are revoked, the same shall, so far as regards the Administrator-General and all persons acting under his authority in pursuance thereof, be deemed to have been only voidable, except as to any act done by any such Administrator-General or other person as aforesaid, after notice of a will or of any other fact which would render such letters void:
Provided that no notice of a will or of any other fact which would render any such letters void shall affect the Administrator-General or any person acting under his authority in pursuance of such letters unless, within the period of one month from the time of giving such notice, proceedings are commenced to prove the will, or to cause the letters to be revoked, and such proceedings are prosecuted without unreasonable delay.
Section 17.Payments made by Administrator-General prior to revocation,-
If any letters of administration granted to the Administrator-General in accordance with the provisions of this Act are revoked, upon the grant of probate of a will, or upon the grant of letters of administration with a copy of the will annexed, all payments made or acts done by or under the authority of the Administrator-General in pursuance of such letters of administration, prior to the revocation, which would have been valid under any letters of administration lawfully granted to him with a copy of such will annexed, shall be deemed valid notwithstanding such revocation.
(c) General
Section 18. Administrator-General's petition for grant of letters of administration,-
Whenever any Administrator-General applies for letters of administration in accordance with the provisions of this Act, it shall be sufficient if the petition required to be presented for the grant of such letters states,-
(i) the time and place of the death of the deceased to the best of the knowledge and belief of the petitioner;
(ii) the names and addresses of the surviving next-of-kin of the deceased, if known;
(iii) the particulars and value of the assets likely to come into the hands of the petitioner;
(iv) particulars of the liabilities of the estates, if known.
Section 19. Name in which probate or letters to be granted,-
All probates or letters of administration granted to any Administrator-General shall be granted to him by that name.
Section 20. Effect of probate or letters granted to Administrator-General,-
(1) Probate or letters of administration granted by the High Court to the Administrator-General of any State shall have effect over all the assets of the deceased throughout India and shall be conclusive as to the representative title against all debtors of the deceased and all persons holding such assets, and shall afford full indemnity to all debtors paying their debts and all persons delivering up such assets to such Administrator-General.
(2) Whenever a grant of probate or letters of administration is made by a High Court to the Administrator-General, the High Court shall send to the High Courts for the other States a certificate that such grant has been made and such certificate shall be filed by the High Court receiving the same.
(3) Any probate or letters of administration granted by the High Court for the State of Jammu and Kashmir before the commencement of the Central Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act, 1968 shall, after such commencement, be as effective as if such probate or letters of administration had been granted under this section.
Section 21. [*****omitted by Act 25 of 1968, section 2 and Schedule, with effect from 15.08.1968*****]
Section 22. Transfer by private executor or administrator of interest under probate or letters,-
(1) Any private executor or administrator may, with the previous consent of the Administrator-General of the State in which any of the assets of the estate, in respect of which such executor or administrator has obtained probate or letters of administration, are situate, by an instrument in writing under his hand notified in the Official Gazette, transfer the assets of the estate, vested in him by virtue of such probate or letters to the Administrator-General by that name or any other sufficient description.
(2) As from the date of such transfer, the transferor shall be exempt from all liability as such executor or administrator, as the case may be, except in respect of acts done before the date of such transfer, and the Administrator-General shall have the rights which he would have had, and be subject to the liabilities to which he would have been subject, if the probate or letters of administration, as the case may be, had been granted to him by that name at the date of such transfer.
Section 23. Distribution of assets,-
(1) When the Administrator-General has given the prescribed notice to creditors and others to send in to him their claims against the estate of the deceased, he shall, at the expiration of the time therein named for sending in claims, be at liberty to distribute the assets or any part thereof in discharge of such lawful claims as he has notice of.
(2) The Administrator-General shall not be liable for the assets so distributed to any person of whose claims he had not notice at the time of such distribution.
(3) No notice of any claim which has been sent in and has been rejected or disallowed in part by the Administrator-General shall affect him, unless proceedings to enforce such claim are commenced within one month after notice of the rejection or disallowance of such claim has been given in the prescribed manner and unless such proceedings are prosecuted without unreasonable delay.
(4) Nothing in this section shall prejudice the right of any creditor or other claimant to follow the assets or any part thereof in the hands of the persons who may have received the same respectively.
(5) In computing the period of limitation for any suit, appeal or application under the provisions of any law for the time being in force, the period between the date of submission of the claim of a creditor or other claimant to the Administrator-General and the date of the final decision of the Administrator-General on such claim shall be excluded.
Section 24. Appointment of Official Trustee as trustee of assets after completion of administration,-
(1) When the Administrator-General has, so far as may be, discharged all the liabilities of an estate administered by him, he shall notify the fact in the Official Gazette, and he may, by an instrument in writing with the consent of the Official Trustee and subject to any rules made by the State Government, appoint the Official Trustee to be the trustee of any assets then remaining in his hands.
(2) Upon such appointment, such assets shall vest in the Official Trustee as if he had been appointed trustee in accordance with the provisions of the Official Trustees Act, 1913, and shall be held by him upon the same trusts as the same were held immediately before such appointment.
Section 25. Power of High Court to give directions regarding administration of estate,-
The High Court may, on application made to it by the Administrator-General or any person interested in the assets or in the due administration thereof, give to the Administrator-General of the State any general or special directions as to any estate in his charge or in regard to the administration of any such estate.
Section 26. No security to be required from Administrator-General,-
No Administrator-General shall be required by any Court to enter into any administration bond, or to give other security to the Court, on the grant of any letters of administration to him by that name.
Section 27. Manner in which petition to be verified by Administrator-General,-
No Administrator-General shall be required to verify, otherwise than by his signature, any petition presented by him under the provisions of this Act, and, if the facts stated in any such petition are not within his own personal knowledge, the petition may be subscribed and verified by any person competent to make verification.
Section 28. Entry of Administrator-General not to constitute notice of a trust,-
The entry of the Administrator-General by that name in the books of a company shall not constitute notice of a trust, and a company shall not be entitled to object to entering the name of the Administrator-General on its register by reason only that the Administrator-General is a corporation, and in dealing with the assets the fact that the person dealt with is the Administrator-General shall not of itself constitute notice of a trust.
GRANT OF CERTIFICATE
Section 29. In what cases Administrator-General may grant certificate,-
(1) Whenever any person had died leaving assets within any State and Administrator-General of such State is satisfied that such assets, excluding any sum of money deposited in a Government Savings Bank or in any provident fund to which the provisions of the Provident Funds Act, 1925, apply, did not at the date of death exceed in the whole @[ten lakhs rupees in value, he may grant to any person, claiming otherwise than as a creditor to be interested in such assets or in the due administration thereof, a certificate under his hand entitling the administration thereof, a certificate under his hand entitling the claimant to receive the assets therein mentioned left by the deceased within the State, to a value not exceeding in the whole fifty thousand rupees.
(2) No certificate under this section shall be granted before the lapse of one month from the death unless before the lapse of the said one month the Administrator-General is requested so to do by writing under the hand of the executor or the widow or other person entitled to administer the estate of the deceased and he thinks fit to grant it.
(3) No certificate shall be granted under this section,-
(i) where probate of the deceased's will or letters of administration of his estate has or have been granted; or
(ii) in respect of any sum of money deposited in a Government Savings Bank or in any provident fund to which the provisions of the Provident Funds Act, 1925, apply.
Foot Note:- @ These words were substituted for the words "two lakhs" by 33 of 2012, s.2 w.e.f.1st July 2012.
Section 30. Grant of certificate to creditors and power to take charge of certain estates,-
(1) If in cases falling within section 29, no person claiming to be interested otherwise than as a creditor in such assets or in the due administration thereof obtains, within three months of the death of the deceased, a certificate from the Administrator-General under that section, or probate of a will or letters of administration of the estate of the deceased, the Administrator-General may administer the estate without letters of administration, in the same manner as if such letters had been granted to him.
(2) If the Administrator-General neglects or refuses to administer such estate, he shall, upon the application of a creditor, grant a certificate to him in the same manner as if he were interested in such assets otherwise than as a creditor; and such certificate shall have the same effect as a certificate granted under the provisions of section 29, and shall be subject to all the provisions of this Act which are applicable to such certificate.
(3) The Administrator-General may, if he thinks fit, before granting a certificate under sub-section (2), require the creditor to give reasonable security for the due administration of the estate of the deceased.
Section 31. Administrator-General not bound to grant certificate unless satisfied of claimant's title, etc.,-
The Administrator-General shall not be bound to grant any certificate under section 29 or section 30 unless he is satisfied after making such inquiry as he thinks fit of the title of the claimant and of the value of the assets left by the deceased within the State.
Section 32. Effect of certificate,-
The holder of a certificate granted in accordance with the provisions of section 29 or section 30 shall have in respect of the assets specified in such certificate the same powers and duties, and be subject to the same liabilities as he would have had or been subject to if letters of administration had been granted to him:
Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemed to require any person holding such certificate,-
(a) to file accounts or inventories of the assets of the deceased before any court or other authority; or
(b) save as provided in section 30, to give any bond for the due administration of the estate.
Section 33. Revocation of certificate,-
(1) The Administrator-General may revoke a certificate granted under the provisions of section 29 or section 30 on any of the following grounds, namely:-
(i) that the certificate was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation made to him;
(ii) that the certificate was obtained by means of an untrue allegation of a fact essential in law to justify the grant though such allegation was made in ignorance or inadvertently.
(2) No certificate shall be revoked under this section unless the holder of the certificate has been given a reasonable opportunity of showing cause why the certificate should not be so revoked.
Section 34. Surrender of revoked certificate,-
(1) When a certificate is revoked in accordance with the provisions of section 33, the holder thereof shall, on the requisition of the Administrator-General, deliver it upto such Administrator-General, but shall not be entitled to the refund of any fee paid thereon.
(2) If such person wilfully and without reasonable cause omits to deliver up the certificate, he shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both.
Section 35. Payment to holder of certificate before it is revoked,-
When a certificate is revoked in accordance with the provisions of section 33, all payments made in good faith under such certificate to the holder thereof before such revocation, shall, notwithstanding such revocation, be a legal discharge to the person making the payment and the holder of such certificate may retain and reimburse himself in respect of, any payments made by him which the person to whom a certificate or probate or letters of administration may afterwards be granted might lawfully have made.
Section 36. Administrator-General not bound to take out administration on account of assets for which he has granted certificate,-
The Administrator-General shall not be bound to take out letters of administration of the estate of any deceased person on account of the assets in respect of which he grants any certificate under section 29 or section 30, but he may do so if he revokes such certificate under section 33, or ascertains that the value of the estate exceeded ![ten lakhs] rupees.
Foot Note:- ! These words were substituted for the words "two lakhs" by 33 of 2012, s.2, w.e.f 1st July 2012.
Section 37. Transfer of certain assets to executor or administrator in country of domicile for distribution,-
(a) a person not having his domicile in any State @[in India] has died leaving assets in any State and in the country in which he had his domicile at the time of his death, and
(b) proceedings for the administration of his estate with respect to assets in any such State have been taken under section 29 or section 30 and
(c) there has been a grant of administration in the country of domicile, with respect to the assets in that country,
the holder of the certificate granted under section 29 or section 30, or the Administrator-General, as the case may be, after having given the prescribed notice for creditors and others to send in to him their claims against the estate of the deceased, and after having discharged, at the expiration of the time therein named, such lawful claims as he has notice of, may, instead of himself distributing any surplus or residue of the deceased's property to persons residing out of India #[****] who are entitled thereto, transfer, with the consent of the executor or administrator, as the case may be, in the country of domicile, the surplus or residue to him for distribution to those persons.
Foot Note:- @ These words were substituted for the words "to which this Act extends" by 25 of 1968, s.2 and Sch. W.e.f. 15th August 1968.
# The words "or in the State of Jammu and Kashmir" were omitted ibid.
Section 38. Liability of Government,-
The Government shall be liable to make good all sums required to discharge any liability which the Administrator-General, if he were a private administrator, would be personally liable to discharge, except when the liability is one to which neither the Administrator-General nor any of his officers has in anyway contributed, or when neither he nor any of his officers could, by the exercise of reasonable diligence, have averted, and in either of those cases the Administrator-General shall not, nor shall the Government, be subject to any liability.
Section 39. Creditor's suit against Administrator-General,-
(1) If any suit be brought by a creditor against any Administrator-General, such creditor shall be liable to pay the costs of the suit unless he proves that not less than one month previous to the institution of the suit he had applied in writing to the Administrator-General, stating the amount and other particulars of his claim, and had given such evidence in support thereof as, in the circumstances of the case, the Administrator-General was reasonably entitled to require.
(2) If any such suit is decreed in favour of the creditor, he shall, nevertheless, unless he is a secured creditor, be only entitled to payment of the amount decreed or ordered by the court to be paid out of the assets of the deceased equally and rateably with the other creditors.
Section 40. Notice of suit not required in certain cases,-
Nothing in section 80 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, shall apply to any suit against the Administrator-General in which no relief is claimed against him personally.
Section 41. Fees,-
(1) There shall be charged in respect of the duties of the Administrator-General such fees, whether by way of percentage or otherwise, as may prescribed by the State Government.
(2) The fees under this section may be at different rates for different estates or classes of estates or for different duties, and shall, so far as may be, be arranged so as to produce an amount sufficient to discharge the salaries and all other expenses incidental to the working of this Act, (including such sum as the State Government may determine to be required to insure the Government against loss under this Act).
Section 42. Disposal of fees,-
(1) Any expenses which might be retained or paid out of any estate in the charge of the Administrator-General, if he were a private Administrator of such estate shall be so retained or paid and the fees described under section 41 shall be retained or paid in like manner as and in addition to such expenses.
(2) The Administrator-General shall transfer and pay to such authority in such manner and at such time as the State Government may prescribe, all fees received by him under this Act, and the same shall be carried to the account and the credit of the Government.
AUDIT OF THE ADMINISTRATOR-GENERAL'S ACCOUNTS
Section 43. Audit,-
The accounts of every Administrator-General shall be audited at least once annually and at any other time if the State Government so directs, by the prescribed person and in the prescribed manner.
$Provided that, notwithstanding anything contained in the *Bombay Local Fund Audit Act, 1930, the State Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, direct that all or any of the accounts of the Administrator-General for the State, for such period or periods and in such manner, as may be specified in the order, shall be audited by an officer or officers deputed by the Chief Auditor, Local Fund Accounts, and shall be certified by him or them as provided in section 44.
Foot Note:- $ This proviso was added by Mah. 14 of 1983, s.2
* The short title of the Act has been changed as "Maharashtra Local Fund Audit Act" by Mah. VIII of 2011, s.4, w.e.f 10.03.2011
Section 44. Auditors to examine accounts and report to Government,-
The auditors shall examine the accounts and forward to the State Government a statement thereof in the prescribed form, together with a report thereon and a certificate signed by them showing—
(a) whether the accounts have been audited in the prescribed manner;
(b) whether, so far as can be ascertained by such audit, the accounts contain a full and true account of everything which ought to be inserted therein;
(c) whether the books which by any rules made under this Act are directed to be kept by the Administrator-General, have been duly and regularly kept; and
(d) whether the assets and securities have been duly kept and invested and deposited in the manner prescribed by this Act, or by any rules made thereunder;
or (as the case may be) that such accounts are deficient, or that the Administrator-General has failed to comply with this Act or the rules made thereunder, in such respects as may be specified in such certificate.
Section 45.Power of auditors to summon and examine witnesses, and to call for documents,-
(1) Every auditor shall have all the powers vested in a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, when trying a suit, in respect of the following matters, namely:-
(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of witnesses and examining them on oath;
(b) discovery and inspection;
(c) compelling the production of documents; and
(d) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses.
(2) Any person who when summoned refuses, or without reasonable cause, neglects to attend or to produce any document or thing or attends and refuses to be sworn, or to be examined, shall be deemed to have committed an offence within the meaning of, and punishable under, section 188 of the Indian Penal Code, and the auditor shall report every case of such refusal or neglect to the State Government.
Section 46. Costs of audit, etc.,-
The costs of and incidental to such audit and examination shall be determined in accordance with rules made by the State Government, and shall be defrayed in the prescribed manner.
Section 47. General powers of Administration,-
The Administrator-General may, in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other powers of expenditure lawfully exercisable by him, incur expenditure—
(a) on such acts as may be necessary for the proper care and management of any property belonging to any estate in his charge; and
(b) with the sanction of the High Court, on such religious, charitable and other objects, and on such improvements, as may be reasonable and proper in the case of such property.
Section 48. Power to summon and examine witnesses,-
(1) The Administrator-General may, whenever he desires, for the purposes of this Act, to satisfy himself regarding any question of fact, exercise all the powers vested in a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, when trying a suit, in respect of the following matters, namely:-
(2) The provisions of sub-section (2) of section 45 shall apply in relation to a person summoned by the Administrator-General under this section as they apply in relation to a person summoned under that section.
Section 49. Power of person beneficially interested to inspect Administrator-General's account, etc., and take copies,-
Any person interested in the administration of any estate which is in the charge of the Administrator-General shall, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed, be entitled at all reasonable times to inspect the accounts relating to such estate and the reports and certificates of the auditor, and on payment of the prescribed fee, to copies thereof and extracts therefrom.
Section 50. False evidence,-
Whoever, during any examination authorised by this Act, makes upon oath a statement which is false and which he either knows or believes to be false or does not believe to be true, shall be deemed to have intentionally given false evidence in a stage of a judicial proceeding.
Section 51. Assets unclaimed for twelve years to be transferred to Government,-
All assets in the charge of the Administrator-General which have been in his custody for a period of twelve years or upwards, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, without any application for payment thereof having been made and granted by him shall be transferred, in the prescribed manner, to the account and credit of the Government:
Provided that, this section shall not authorise the transfer of any such assets as aforesaid, if any suit or proceeding is pending in respect thereof in any court.
Section 52. Mode of proceeding by claimant to recover principal money so transferred,-
(1) If any claim is hereafter made to any part of the assets transferred to the account and credit of the Government under the provisions of this Act, or any Act hereby repealed, and if such claim is established to the satisfaction of the prescribed Authority, the State Government shall pay to the claimant the amount of the principal so transferred to its account and credit or so much thereof as has been found by the said authority to be due to the claimant.
(2) If the claim is not established to the satisfaction of the prescribed authority, the claimant may, without prejudice to his right to take any other proceedings for the recovery of such assets, apply by petition to the High Court against the State Government and such Court, after taking such evidence as it thinks fit, shall make such order in regard to the payment of the whole or any part of the said principal sum as it thinks fit, and such order shall be binding on all parties to the proceedings.
(3) The High Court may further direct by whom the whole or any part of the costs of each party shall be paid.
Section 53. Succession Act or Companies Act not to affect Administrator-General,-
Nothing contained in the Indian Succession Act, 1925, or the Companies Act, 1956*, shall be taken to supersede or affect the rights, duties and privileges of any Administrator-General.
Foot Note:- * Now, the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013)
Section 54. Savings of provisions of Police Acts for presidency towns,-
Nothing contained in the Indian Succession Act, 1925, or in this Act, shall be deemed to affect, or to have affected, any law for the time being in force relating to the movable property under four hundred rupees in value of persons dying intestate within any of the presidency towns which shall be or has been taken charge of by the police for the purpose of safe custody.
Section 55. Order of court to be equivalent to decree,-
Any order made under this Act by any court shall have the same effect as a decree.
Section 56. Provision for administration by Consular Officer in case of death in certain circumstances of foreign subject,-
Notwithstanding anything in this Act, or in any other law for the time being in force, the Central Government may, by general or special order, direct that, where a subject of a foreign State dies in ![India] and it appears that there is no one in @[India], other than the Administrator-General, entitled to apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for letters of administration of the estate of the deceased, letters of administration shall, on the application to such court by any Consular Officer of such foreign State, be granted to such Consular Officer on such terms and conditions as the Court may, subject to any rules made in this behalf by the Central Government, think fit to impose.
Foot Note:- ! This word was substituted for the words "the territories to which this Act extends" by 25 of 1963, s.2 and Sch. w.e.f. 15.08.1968.
@ This word was substituted for the words "the said territories" ibid.
Section 57. Letters of administration not necessary in respect of small estates administered by Administrator General in accordance with certain Acts,-
It shall not be necessary for the Administrator-General to take out letters of administration of the estate of any deceased person which is being administered by him, in accordance with the provisions of the Army and Air Force (Disposal of Private Property) Act, 1950, or the Navy Act, 1957, if the value of such estate does not, on the date when such administration is committed to him, exceed rupees two thousand but he shall have the same power in regard to such estate as he would have had if letters of administration had been granted to him.
Section 58. Power to grant Administrator-General letters limited for purpose of dealing with assets in accordance with the Army and Air Force (Disposal of Private Property) Act, 1950, or the Navy Act, 1957,-
If the Administrator-General applies in accordance with the provisions of the Army and Air Force (Disposal of Private Property) Act, 1950, or the Navy Act, 1957, for letters of administration of the estate of any person subject to the Army Act, 1950, or the Air Force Act, 1950, or the Navy Act, 1957, the Court may grant to him letters of administration limited to the purpose of dealing with such estate in accordance with the provisions of the Army and Air Force (Disposal of Private Property) Act, 1950, or, as the case may be, the Navy Act, 1957.
Section 59. Act not to affect Army and Air Force (Disposal of private Property) Act, 1950, or the Navy Act, 1957,-
Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to affect the provisions of the Army and Air Force (Disposal of Private Property) Act, 1950, or the Navy Act, 1957.
Section 60. Saving of provisions of Indian Registration Act, 1908,-
Nothing in this Act, shall be deemed to affect the provisions of the Indian Registration Act, 1908.
Section 61. Power of Central Government to make rules,-
The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules as to the terms and conditions on which letters of administration may be granted to Consular Officers under section 56.
Section 62. Power of State Government to make rules,-
(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act, and for regulating the proceedings of the Administrator-General.
(2) In particular, and without prejudice, to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for—
(a) the accounts to be kept by the Administrator-General and the audit and inspection thereof;
(b) the safe custody, deposit and investment of assets and securities which come into the hands of the Administrator-General;
(c) the remittance of sums of money in the hands of the Administrator-General in cases in which such remittances are required;
(d) subject to the provisions of this Act, the fees to be paid under this Act and the collection and accounting for any such fees;
(e) the statements, schedules and other documents to be submitted to the State Government or to any other authority by the Administrator-General and the publication thereof;
(f) the realization of the cost of preparing any such statements, schedules or other documents;
(g) the manner in which and the person by whom the costs of and incidental to any audit under the provisions of this Act are to be determined and defrayed;
(h) the manner in which summonses issued under this Act are to be served and the payment of the expenses of any person summoned or examined under the provisions of this Act, and of any expenditure incidental to such examination; and
(i) any other matter which is required to be, or may be, prescribed under this Act.
#[(3) Every rule made by the State Government under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the State Legislature.]
Foot Note:- # Sub-section (3) was added by 18 of 1983, s.3.
Section 63. Laying of rules made by Central Government before Parliament,-
Every rule made by the Central Government under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament while it is in session for a total period of thirty days, which may be comprised in one session or $[in two or more successive sessions and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid] both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so however that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.
Foot Note:- $ These words were substituted for the words "in two successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following" by 18 of 1983, s.4
Section 64. Repeal and savings,-
(1) The Administrator-General's Act, 1913, is hereby repealed.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of the General Clauses Act, 1897, relating to the effect of repeals, the repeal effected by this section shall not affect the incorporation of any person holding the office of Administrator-General at the commencement of this Act.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, the provisions of section 59B of the Administrator-General's Act, 1913, shall continue to apply as if that Act had not been repealed.
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