1938 (1) TMI 27

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..... if default had taken place in the deposit of the amount. The decree passed against the appellant directed that the defendant should deposit ₹ 200 in Court within fifteen days from that day, i.e. January 23, 1936, that the plaintiff should pass a sale-deed of the suit property to the defendant and then recover the amount deposited in Court, and that if the defendant failed to pay ₹ 200 .....

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..... f the Indian Limitation Act and Section 9 of the General Clauses Act, which were invoked on behalf of the appellant, did not apply as this was not a case of a provision in a statute or related to the limitation of suits, and he was of opinion that the first day of the order, viz. January 23, should be included within the period of fifteen days, and therefore, the fifteen days would expire on Febru .....

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..... it shall be sufficient for the purpose of excluding the first in a series of days or any other period of time to use the word from , and, for the purpose of including the last in a series of days or any other period of time to use the word to . Thus the word from excludes the first day in a series of days. So that the days mentioned would be clear days. It is true that Section 9 would no .....

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