https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296071 Section 11-F of the Central Provinces and Berar Moneylenders Act, 1934 penalises money-lending without a valid registration certificate, but the scheme of the Act does not render the underlying loan void. Registration is treated as a condition affecting the money-lender's ability to proceed with the suit, not the legality of the advance itself. A certificate that is valid and in force when the suit is pending satisfies Section 11-H, even if the lender did not hold it on the date of the loan transaction. The borrower is not given additional substantive protection merely from the registration requirement. en-us Thu, 28 Sep 1961 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 02 Jul 2021 17:04:38 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296071 Section 11-F of the Central Provinces and Berar Moneylenders Act, 1934 penalises money-lending without a valid registration certificate, but the scheme of the Act does not render the underlying loan void. Registration is treated as a condition affecting the money-lender's ability to proceed with the suit, not the legality of the advance itself. A certificate that is valid and in force when the suit is pending satisfies Section 11-H, even if the lender did not hold it on the date of the loan transaction. The borrower is not given additional substantive protection merely from the registration requirement. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 28 Sep 1961 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=296071