THE GOVERNMENT SEAL ACT, 1862 [Act, No. 3 of 1862] [28th February, 1862] PREAMBLE An Act to amend the law relating to the use of a Government Seal. WHEREAS it is expedient to adapt the law relating to the use of a Government seal to the present form of the Government in India; It is enacted as follows:
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionPreamble1 - GOVERNMENT SEAL ACT, 1862 Section1 - Seal to be used instead of seal of East India Company
List Judgments citing this section.....section 4 to be held. SECTION 05A: MAGISTRATE TO CONSULT DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AND RURAL FINANCE OR AUTHORISED OFFICER BEFORE PASSING ORDERS No order under section 3,413[5, 5C or 5D] shall be made by the Magistrate of the District except in consultation with the Director of Agricultural Marketing and Rural Finance l4* * * * referred to in the Bombay Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1939, (Bom XXII of 1939), or any officer authorised by the Director in this behalf 15[or in consultation with any other officer specified by the State Government]. SECTION 05B: REFUSAL OF PERMISSION IF WITHIN 5 MILES A MARKET OR FAIR IS ALREADY ESTABLISHED If there be a market or fair within a distance of five miles from the place where it is proposed that the new market or fair shall be established, the Magistrate shall refuse permission to establish such market or fair. ] SECTION 05C: POWER TO CLOSE EXISTING MARKET OR FAIR IN PUBLIC INTEREST The District Magistrate, on an application made to him under this Act for the closure of an existing market or fair, if he is satisfied that it is necessary so to do- (a) for the prevention of breaches of the peace or serious inconvenience to.....
List Judgments citing this sectionWhenever it is required by any Regulation of a Local Government or by {Subs.by the A.O.1937 for " any Act of the Governor-General of India in Council ".} [any Act of the Central Legislature] that the seal of the East India Company shall be affixed on behalf or by the authority of the Government to any instrument or document, it shall be lawful of the seal is to be affixed on behalf or by the authority of a State Government to affix in lieu of the seal of the East India Company a seal bearing the designation of such State Government or, if the seal is to be affixed on behalf or by the authority of the Central Government a seal bearing {Subs.by the A.O.1937 for ' the Inscription " G.of I.".} [the inscription "Government of India " {The words 'or "Govt.of the Federation of India"' rep.by the A.O.1948.} ***] and such instrument or document so sealed shall to all intents and purposes be as valid ancl effectual as if the seal so used had been that of the East India Company.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section.....Preamble. WHEREAS it is expedient to adapt the law relating to the use of a Government seal to the present form of the Government in India; It is enacted as follows :- SECTION 01: SEAL TO BE USED INSTEAD OF SEAL OF EAST INDIA COMPANY Whenever it is required by any Regulation of a Local Government or by2[any Act of the Central Legislature] that the seal of the East India Company shall be affixed on behalf or by the authority of the Government to any instrument or document, it shall be lawful, if the seal is to be affixed on behalf or by the authority of a3[State Government] to affix in lieu ofthe seal of the East India Company a seal bearing the designation of such3[State Government] or, if the seal is to be affixed on behalf or by the authority of the4[Central Government] a seal bearing5[the inscription "Government of India"6[* * *]] and such instrument or document so sealed shall to all intents and purposes be as valid and effectual as if the seal so used had been that of the East India Company. Footnotes: 2. Substituted for "any Act of the Governor-General of India in Council" by A. O., 1937. 3. Substituted for "Provincial Government" by A. L. O., 1950. 4. Substituted for.....
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