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 49: Application for winding up.
    An application for the winding up of a chit shall be made by a petition presented by any non-prized or unpaid prized subscriber to the Registrar signed and verified in the manner laid down by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), and shall contain such particulars as may be prescribed:
     Provided that no application for the winding up of a chit under clause (d) or clause (i) of section 48 shall lie unless such application is presented,--
         (a) by non-prized and unpaid prized subscribers representing not less than twenty-five per cent. of the amount or, as the case may be, the value of the grain subscribed by all the non-prized and unpaid prized subscribers, if any; or
         (b) with the previous sanction of the State Government within whose jurisdiction the chit is commenced or conducted.
     Explanation.-- For the purposes of clause (a), of the proviso, a subscriber of a fraction of a ticket shall be deemed to be a subscriber only to the extent of such fraction.
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