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Post Office Cash Certificates Act, 1917 Section 3

Title : Payment on Death of Holder of Post Office 5-year Cash Certificate

State : Central

Year : 1917

(1) If a person dies and is at the time of his death the holder of a Post Office 5-year Cash Certificate, payment of the sum for the time being due on such certificate may be made in the manner provided in the Government Savings Banks Act, 1873, for the payment of deposits belonging to the estates of deceased persons, and the provisions of sections 4 to 9 of the said Act shall apply accordingly as if the holder of such certificate were a depositor in a Government Savings Bank and the sum for the time being due on such certificate were a deposit in such a Bank1[and as if for the words "three thousand" in2[Section 8] of the said Act the words "five thousand" were substituted] : Provided that the powers conferred by the said provisions on the Secretary of a Government Savings Bank shall..... View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Inland Vessels Act, 1917 Section 19M

Title : Prohibition Against Transfer of Ownership of Registered Vessel

State : Central

Year : 1917

1 [19M. Prohibition Against Transfer Of Ownership Of Registered Vessel (1) An inland 2 [mechanically propelled vessel] registered under this Act in one State shall not be transferred to a person resident in another State in India or in any country outside India, without the previous approval of the Government of the State in which the vessel is registered: Provided that where an inland 2 [mechanically propelled vessel] is 3 [registered or deemed to be registered under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958], this sub-section shall have effect as if for the words the Government of the State in which the vessel is registered the words the Central Government had been substituted. (2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (1), the owner of an inland 2 [mechanically propelled vessel]..... View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Inland Vessels Act, 1917 Section 19R

Title : Power to Make Rules

State : Central

Year : 1917

1 [19R. Power To Make Rules (1) The State Government may make rules to carry out the objects of this Chapter. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may-- (a) prescribe the powers, duties and functions of registering authorities and the local limits of their jurisdiction; (b) prescribe the form of, and the particulars to be contained in, applications for, and certificates of, registration; (c) provide for the form and manner in which books of registration shall be maintained under this Chapter; (d) provide for the issue of duplicate certificates of registration to replace certificates lost, destroyed or mutilated; (e) prescribe, subject to the approval of the Central Government, the fees to be charged for the..... View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Inland Vessels Act, 1917 Section 54A

Title : Power of State Government to Fix Maximum and Minimum Rates for Passenger Fares and Freight for Goods

State : Central

Year : 1917

1 [54A. Power Of State Government To Fix Maximum And Minimum Rates For Passenger fares And Freight For Goods (1) The 2 [State Government] may, by notification in the Official Gazette, after such inquiry as it may consider necessary, in respect of any system of inland waterways, or of any stretch of inland waterway, or of the run between any two stations on an inland waterway,-- (a) fix the maximum or minimum rate 3 [per kilometre] which may be charged for passenger fares for passengers of any class traveling on inland 4[mechanically propelled vessels]; (b) fix the maximum rate 3 [per kilometre] which may be charged for freight on goods of any description carried in inland 4 [mechanically propelled vessels]; (c) fix the minimum rate 3 [per kilometre] which may be charged for..... View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Inland Vessels Act, 1917 Amending Act 1

Title : Inland Steam-vessels (Amendment) Act, 1950

State : Central

Year : 1917

THE INLAND STEAM -- VESSELS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1950 [Act, No. 38 of 1950] [24th April, 1950] PREAMBLE An Act further to amend the Inland Steam -- vessels Act, 1917. BE it enacted by Parliament as follows: -- 1.Short title This Act may be called the Inland Steam -- vessels (Amendment) Act, 1950. 2.Amendment of section 70, Act I of 1917 In section 70 of the Inland Steam -- vessels Act, 1917, -- (i) for the words "State Government", the words "Central Government" shall be substituted; and (ii) the proviso shall be omitted. View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Inland Vessels Act, 1917 Chapter I

Title : Preliminary

State : Central

Year : 1917

(1) This Act may be called the1[lnland Vessels] Act, 1917. 2[(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. 4[* * *] ________________________ 1. Substituted for the words "Inland Steam-vessels" by Inland Steam-vessels (Amendment) Act, 1977 (35 of 1977), section 4 (w.e.f. 1-5-1978). 2. Substituted for sub-sections (2) and (3) by the Inland Steam-vessels (Amendment) Act, 1951 (26 of 1951) section 2 (w.e.f. 3-5-1951). 3. Substituted for the former proviso by 3 A.L.O., 1956. 4. Proviso omitted by the Inland Vessels (Amendment) Act, 2007 [Act No. 35 of 2007]. Prior to omission the text was as follows: "3[Provided that it shall not come into force in any part of the territories which on the 31stday of March, 1936, were included in the Province of..... View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Inland Vessels Act, 1917 Section 2

Title : Definitions

State : Central

Year : 1917

1[(1)] In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-- 8[(a) "inland vessel" or "inland mechanically propelled vessel" means a mechanically propelled vessel, which ordinarily plies on inland water, but does not include fishing vessel and a ship registered under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958(44 of 1958); (b) "inland water" means-- (i) any canal, river, lake or other navigable water within a State, (ii) any area of any tidal water deemed to be the inland water as defined by the Central Government under section 70, (iii) waters declared by the Central Government to be smooth and partially smooth waters under clause (41) of section 3 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958(44 of 1958); (c) "mechanically propelled vessel" means every description of..... View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Inland Vessels Act, 1917 Section 19Q

Title : Reciprocity

State : Central

Year : 1917

1 [19Q. Reciprocity Where the Central Government is satisfied that by the law or practice of any country outside India, inland 2 [mechanically propelled vessels] having a certificate of registration in force under this Act- (a) obtain by reason of such registration any special exemption in that country while plying in the inland waters thereof, or (b) are required as a condition of plying in the inland waters of that country to comply with any special requirement, whether by way of registration anew or payment of a fee or otherwise, the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, for the purpose of reciprocity, direct that the iame exemption or requirement, or an exemption, or a requirement as similar thereto as may be, be granted to, or imposed upon, inland..... View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Inland Vessels Act, 1917 Section 70

Title : Power for Central Government to Define Tidal Water

State : Central

Year : 1917

The1[Central Government] may, by notification in the2[Official Gazette], define how much of any tidal water shall be deemed to be an inland water for the purposes of this Act: 3[*****] ________________________ 1. Substituted for "State Government" by Act 38 of 1950. 2. Substituted for "State Government" by the Inland Steam-vessels (Amendment) Act, 1950 (38 of 1950),section 2 (w.e.f. 24-4-1950). 3. Proviso was omitted, by the Inland Steam-vessels (Amendment) Act, 1950 (38 of 1950), section 2 (w.e.f. 24-4-1950). View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section

Inland Vessels Act, 1917 Section 74

Title : Publication of Rules

State : Central

Year : 1917

(1) The power to make rules conferred 1 [on the Central Government or a State Government] by this Act is subject to the condition of the rules being made after previous publication. (2) All such rules shall, when made, be published in the2 [Official Gazette], and shall thereupon have effect as if enacted in this Act. 3 [(3) Every rule made by the Central Government under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree..... View Complete Act      List Judgments citing this section


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