Act Number: 6

Act Name: The Sir Dinshaw Manockjee Petit Act, 1893

Year: 1893

Enactment Date: 1893-03-09

Long Title: An Act for settling Bonds of the Municipal Corporation of the City of Bombay producing an annual income of one lakh and twenty five thousand rupees and a Mansion-house and hereditaments called Petit Hall in the Island of Bombay, the property of Sir Dinshaw Manockjee Petit, Baronet, so as to accompany and support the title and dignity of a Baronet lately conferred by Her Present Majesty Queen Victoria on him for and during the term of his natural life, and from and immediately after his decease to hold to his second son, Framjee Dinshaw Petit, Esquire, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, and in default of such issue with remainder to the heirs male of the body of the said Sir Dinshaw Manockjee Petit, and for other purposes connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of States

Section 15: Powers of Corporation in respect of such sale or exchange.
    And it is hereby declared that any such sale as aforesaid may be made either by public auction or private contract, and that the Corporation may make any stipulations as to title or evidence or commencement of title or otherwise in any conditions of sale or contract for sale or exchange of the said hereditaments or any part thereof, and may buy in or rescind or vary any contract for sale or exchange and re-sell or re-exchange without being responsible for any loss occasioned thereby.
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