Moneylenders Act
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Sections
- 1 Short title
- 2 Interpretation
- 3 Moneylender
- 4 Licences
- 5 Offences
- 6 Certificates required for licence
- 7 Application for certificate
- 8 Refusal to grant certificate
- 9 Transfer of business from authorised address
- 10 Suspension of certificate
- 11 Disqualification
- 12 Form of moneylender’s contract
- 12A Nullity of contract
- 13 Interest
- 14 Penalty for charging unauthorised interest
- 15 Prohibition of compound interest
- 17 Prohibition of charge for expenses on loan
- 18 Employment of canvassers prohibited
- 19 Receipts and record of transaction
- 20 Moneylender to supply information
- 21 Restrictions on advertisements
- 22 Assignment of moneylender’s debts
- 23 Application of Act to assignees
- 24 Reopening of moneylending transactions
- 25 Inducing borrowing by false statements
- 26 Taking promissory note with amount left blank
- 27 Reward to informer
- 28 Frivolous and vexatious action
- 29 Limitation period
- 30 Jurisdiction
- 31 Exemption from Act
- 32 Offences and penalties
- 33 Regulations
- FOURTH SCHEDULE
- 1 Any person bona fide carrying on the business of banking or insurance or
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- FIFTH SCHEDULE
- 1 Any loan witnessed by a notarial .............. Not exceeding 2 per cent
- 2 Any other loan witnessed by a .............. Not exceeding 4 per cent
- 3 Any loan witnessed by a docu- .............. Not exceeding 4 per cent
- 4 Any other loan .............. Not exceeding 6 per cent