Title : Public Gambling Act, 1867
State : Central
Year : 1867
THE PUBLIC GAMBLING ACT, 1867 [Act, No. 3 of 1867] [25th January, 1867] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the punishment of public gambling and the keeping of common gaminghouse in the United Provinces, East Punjab, Delhi1[and the Central Provinces]. Preamble WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision for the punishment of public gambling and the keeping of common gaming-houses2[in the United Provinces, East Punjab, Delhi and the Central Provinces]; It is hereby enacted as follows:- ________________________ 1. Substituted for "North-Western Provinces of the Presidency of Fort William and in the Punjab, Oudh" by A.C. A.O., 1948 (23-3-1948). 2. Substituted for "the C. P. and British Burma" by the Amending Act, 1903 (1 of 1903). View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Registration of Newspapers
State : Central
Year : 1867
The Central Government may appoint a Registrar of newspapers for India and such other officers under the general superintendent and control of the Press Registrar as may be necessary for the purpose of performing the functions assigned to them by or under this Act, and may, by general or special order, provide for the distribution or allocation of functions to be performed by them under this Act. Section 19B - Register of newspapers (1) the Press Registrar shall maintain in the prescribed manner a Register of newspapers. (2) The Register shall, as far as may be practicable, contain the following particulars about every newspaper published in India, namely :--- (a) the title of the newspaper ; (b) the language in which the newspaper is published ; (c) periodicity of the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power of State Government to Make Rules
State : Central
Year : 1867
1[ 20 . Power of State Government to make rules- (1) The State Government to may by notification in the official gazette, make such rules (not inconsistent with the rules made by the central government under section 20(A) as may be necessary or desirable for carrying out the objects of this act. (2) Every rule made by the state government under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the state Legislature.] ______________________ 1. Section 20, substituted for "20.Power to make rules.- The State Government shall have power to make such rules { Ins.by Act 55 of 1955, s.17 (w.e.f.1st July 1956)} [not inconsistent with the rules made by the Central Government under section 20A ] as may be necessary or desirable for carrying out the objects of this..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power to Appoint Acting Judges
State : Central
Year : 1867
In every case in which the Central Government, or the State Government, as the case may be, has power under any Act or Regulation to appoint a Judge of any Court {The words "in British India" were rep. by the A.O.1948}, such power shall be taken to include the power to appoint any person capable of being appointed a permanent Judge of such Court, to act as Judge of the same Court for such time as the Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be, shall direct. Every person so appointed to act temporarily as a Judge of any such Court shall have the powers and perform the duties which he would have had and been liable to perform in case he had been duly appointed a permanent Judge of the same Court. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Preliminary
State : Central
Year : 1867
1[(1)]In this Act, unless there shall be something repugnant in the subject or context,--- "Book" includes every volume, part or division of a volume, and pamphlet, in any language, and every sheet of music, map, chart or plans separately printed { The words "or lithographed" omitted by Act 55 of 1955, section 4 (w.e.f.1st July 1956)}. {Definition of "British India" omitted by the A.O.1937, see now the definition in section 3(5) of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (X of 1897) { Ins.by Act 14 of 1922, section 3 and Sch.1.} ["Editor" means the person who controls the selection of the matter that is published in a newspaper:] 2[***] "Magistrate" means any person exercising the full powers of a{Now Magistrate of the first class, see the code of criminal procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898)}..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Interpretation-clause
State : Central
Year : 1867
1[(1)]In this Act, unless there shall be something repugnant in the subject or context,--- "Book" includes every volume, part or division of a volume, and pamphlet, in any language, and every sheet of music, map, chart or plans separately printed { The words "or lithographed" omitted by Act 55 of 1955, section 4 (w.e.f.1st July 1956)}. {Definition of "British India" omitted by the A.O.1937, see now the definition in section 3(5) of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (X of 1897) { Ins.by Act 14 of 1922, section 3 and Sch.1.} ["Editor" means the person who controls the selection of the matter that is published in a newspaper:] 2[***] "Magistrate" means any person exercising the full powers of a{Now Magistrate of the first class, see the code of criminal procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898)}..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power of Central Government to Make Rules
State : Central
Year : 1867
{ Ins.by s.18, ibid.(w.e.f.1st July 1956)} (1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules.---- (a) prescribing the particulars which a declaration made and subscribed under section 5 may contain ;1[and the form and manner in which the names of the printer, publisher, owner and editor of a newspaper and the place of its printing and publication may be printed of every copy of such newspaper]; 2[(b) prescribing the manner in which copies of any declaration attested by the Official Seal of a Magistrate or copies of any order refusing to authenticate any declaration may be forwarded to the person making and subscribing the declaration and to the Press Registrar,] (c) prescribing the manner in which copies of any newspaper may be sent to the Press..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Press and Registration of Books (Amendment) Act, 1960
State : Central
Year : 1867
THE PRESS AND REGISTRATION OF BOOKS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1960 [Act No.26 of 1960] [29th August, 1960] An Act further to amend the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Eleventh Year of the Republic of India as follows;- 1 .Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the press and Registration of Books (Amendment) Act, 1960. (2).It shall come into force on such dated as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 2 .Amendment of section 5.- In section 5 of the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 (25 of 1867) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), (i) for rule (1), the following rule shall be substituted, namely:- ``(1) without prejudice to the provisions of section 3,..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionState : Central
Year : 1867
ORIENTAL GAS COMPANY 1867 ORIENTAL GAS COMPANY 1867 An Act to empower the Oriental Gas Company Limited, to extend their operations to certain places in the States of India. Preamble Whereas under or by virtue of Act 5 of 1857 (to confer certain powers on the Oriental Gas Company, Limited) certain powers exercisable only in Calcutta and its environs were conferred on the Oriental Gas Company, Limited, and whereas it is expedient to empower the said Company to extend, with the previous sanction of the 1[Central Government], their operations to any other place in the States of India; It is hereby enacted as follows:- SECTION 01: INTERPRETATION CLAUSE [REPEALED BY THE A.O. 1937] SECTION 02: POWER TO EXTEND ACT 5 OF 1857 The2[Central Government] may, by notification in the Official..... List Judgments citing this sectionState : Central
Year : 1867
ACTING JUDGES ACT, 1867 ACTING JUDGES ACT, 1867 (16 of 1867) 1st March, 1867 An Act to authorize the making of acting appointment to certain Judicial Offices. Preamble. Whereas, the Governor-General of India in Council or the Local Government, as the case may be, is empowered by diverse enactments to appoint the Judges of certain Courts b[* * *]; And whereas it has been doubted whether he or it is empowered to appoint persons to act temporarily as such Judges, and it is expedient to remove such doubts; It is hereby enacted as follows :-This Act has been declared, by notification under S. 3(a) of the Scheduled Districts Act, 1874(XIV of 1874), to be in force in the following Scheduled Districts, namely:- The Districts of Hazaribagh, Lohardaga (now the Ranchi District, see..... List Judgments citing this section