Act Number: 74

Act Name: The Forward Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1952

Year: 1952

Enactment Date: 1952-12-26

Long Title: An Act to provide for the regulation of certain matters relating to forward contracts, the prohibition of options in goods and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Economic Affairs

Section 19: Prohibition of options in goods.
    (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or in any other law for the time being in force, all options in goods entered into after the date on which this section comes into force shall be illegal.
     (2) Any option in goods which has been entered into before the date on which this section comes into force and which remains to be performed, whether wholly or in part, after the said date, shall, to that extent, become void.
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