In this :\ ct, unless there is anything repugnant in tbe subject or context,- — ASSAM MONEY LENDERS' ACT, THE ASSAM MONEY LENDERS' ACT, 1934

2. In this :\ ct, unless there is anything repugnant in tbe subject or context,- (1) '.Money~le nde r" means a person ho a loan . (2) "Interest" means rate of iotereat and tbe retum to be made over and above what a.etua.lly lent wliethel' the same ill charged or sought to be bl f cha bl gg wa,y of btterest or otherwise ; (3) HLoa•1" means advance {whether of money Ol' in kind) at intetest JDa.de by a lender and sha1t include any bona bearing interest executed in respect of pa-st any i ·a.nt:actiou which in subsba.nce i> a. loan; [Expla· L nation. - A bond bearing interest executed in L respect of good& taken on cxedit constitutes a l] d L p loan.] and L natio respe loan. · {4) r. Prescribed'' UJEWH prescribed by rules made under this Act. "M .- ;t_ ,l....4._. 3 .,......,_ bJ.· ~ ~V1111I";IrP. Prici-E9Jglisk: 4d.l {lttdi.a.: ani.aB 8 • In lua I~:~ ae :J. I1 the loan actually made be less t han tho lbo sum entered in the bond or band note, the room~y -l ender s shall be guilty of a. oontranntioo of tho proTisioos of this Act and shall , on con· viction , be punishable with fine not exceeding two hundred rupees. /..L.r-,.,. l'rohlblllon · f d lrohlblllon f eompound ~~~~~~~"' a:"~ m dof"··ttlu

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