Pb. Act IIl REGISTRATION OF MONEY-LENDERS |7 — Pb. Act IIl REGISTRATION OF MONEY-LENDERS |7

1938 : Pb. Act IIl.] REGISTRATION OF MONEY-LENDERS |7 THE PUNJAB REGISTRATION OF MONEY- LENDERS' ACT, 1938. AB REGISTRATION O LENDERS' ACT, 1938. PuniaB AcT No. III oF 1938. III oF 1938. [Received the assent of his Excellency the Governor on the 31st August, 1938, and was first published in the Punthe assent of his Excellency the Governor on the 31st August, 1938, and was first published in the Pun- jab Gazette, Extraordinary o August, 1938, and was f jab Gazette, Extraordinary 1938.] of the 2nd September, jab Ga 1938.] WHEREAS it is expedient to register money-lenders and preamble. gulate their business in the manner hereinafter appearWHEREAS it is expedient to register money-lenders and to regulate their business in the manner hereinafter appear- ing, it is hereby enacted as follows :— business in the manner ing, it is hereby enacted as follows :— 1. of (1) This Act shall be called the Punjab Registra- sport iile, extent Money-lenders' Act, 1938. and comimence1. (1) This Act shall be call tion of Money-lenders' Act, 1938. port iile, extent and comimence- (2) It shall extend to 5[ Union Territory of Chandigarh], (3) It shall come into force on such 4date] as the Government] may, by notification, direct. force on such 4date] 5[Central Government] may, by notification, direct.

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