TPA Section 135: Assignment of rights under policy of insurance against fire
Transfer of Property Act, 1882 · Chapter 8: Transfers of actionable claims
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[135. Assignment of rights under policy of insurance against fire.—Every assignee by endorsement or other writing, of a policy of insurance against fire, in whom the property in the subject insured shall be absolutely vested at the date of the assignment, shall have transferred and vested in him all rights of suit as if the contract contained in the policy had been made with himself.]
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Other sections in this chapter
- 130. Transfer of actionable claim
- 130A. Transfer of policy of marine insurance
- 131. Notice to be in writing, signed
- 132. Liability of transferee of actionable claim
- 133. Warranty of solvency of debtor
- 134. Mortgaged debt
- 135A. Assignment of rights under policy of marine insurance
- 136. Incapacity of officers connected with courts of justice
- 137. Saving of negotiable instruments, etc