Act Number: 18

Act Name: The Public Debt Act, 1944

Year: 1944

Enactment Date: 1944-11-22

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Government securities and to the management by the Reserve Bank of India of the public debt of the Government.

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Economic Affairs

Section 23: Discharge in respect of bearer bonds.
    1[The Government] shall be discharged from all liability on a bearer bond or on any interest coupon of such a bond on payment to the holder of such bond or coupon on presentation on or after the date when it becomes due of the amount expressed therein, unless before such payment an order of a Court in 2[India] has been served on 1[the Government] restraining it from making payment.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 6 of 1949, s. 6, for "The Central Government" (w.e.f. 1-4-1949).
2. Subs. by Act 57 of 1956, s. 11, for "the States" (w.e.f. 15-10-1956).
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