Week 12 - Section 59 - 61

59. Where a debtor, owing several distinct debts to one person, makes a payment to him, either with express intimation, or under circumstances implying that the payment is to be applied to the discharge of some particular debt, the payment, if accepted, must be applied accordingly.  
Illustrations  
(a) A owes B, among other debts, 1,000 Taka upon a promissory note which falls due on the first June. He owes B no other debt of that amount. On the first June A pays to B 1,000 Taka. The payment is to be applied to the discharge of the promissory note.  
 (b) A owes to B, among other debts the sum of 567 Taka. B writes to A and demands payment of this sum. A sends to B 567 Taka. This payment is to be applied to the discharge of the debt of which B had demanded payment.  
Application of payment, where debt to be discharged is not indicated  
60. Where the debtor has omitted to intimate and there are no other circumstances indicating to which debt the payment is to be applied, the creditor may apply it at his discretion to any lawful debt actually due and payable to him from the debtor, whether its recovery is or is not barred by the law in force for the time being as to the limitation of suits.  
Application of payment where neither party appropriates  
61. Where neither party makes any appropriation the payment shall be applied in discharge of the debts in order of time, whether they are or are not barred by the law in force for the time being as to the limitation of suits. If the debts are of equal standing, the payment shall be applied in discharge of each proportionally.  

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