Act Number: 40

Act Name: The Chit Funds Act, 1982

Year: 1982

Enactment Date: 1982-08-19

Long Title: An Act to provide for the regulation of chit funds and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Financial Services

Section 34: Restrictions on transfer of rights of foreman.
    (1) No transfer of the rights of a foreman to receive subscriptions from the prized subscribers shall be made without the previous sanction in writing of the Registrar.
     (2) Any transfer of the rights of a foreman to receive subscriptions from the prized subscribers shall, if it is likely to defeat or delay the interests of a non-prized or unpaid prized subscriber, be voidable at the instance of such subscriber.
     (3) When under sub-section (2), a transfer is disputed by a subscriber, the burden of proving that the foreman was in solvent in circumstances at the time of the transfer and that the transfer does not defeat or delay the interests of such subscriber is on the transferee.
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