Section 2: Prohibition of transfer of Post Office 5-year Cash Certificates without the consent of an authorised officer.

The Post Office Cash Certificates Act, 1917Central Act · Act 18 of 1917

(1) Notwithstanding any provision in any enactment or any rule of law for the time being in force to the contrary, no transfer (whether made before or after the commencement of this Act) of a Post Office 5-year Cash Certificate shall be valid without the previous consent in writing of [an officer of the Post Office authorised by general or special order of the Central Government in that behalf].

(2) In this section "transfer" means a transfer infer vivos and does not include a transfer by operation of law.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Post Office Cash Certificates Act, 1917
Section	2
Marginal note	Prohibition of transfer of Post Office 5-year Cash Certificates without the consent of an authorised officer.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted, Act 32 of 1920. . Subs. by Act 32 of 1920, s. 2, for certain words with effect from 1 -7-1965.

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