THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES PENSIONS AND GRATUITIES ACT, 1919 [Act, No. 1 of 1919] [AS ON 1957] [26th February, 1919] PREAMBLE An Act to extend the powers of local authorities in regard to the granting of pensions and gratuities. WHEREAS it is expedient to extend the powers of local authorities in regard to the granting of pensions and gratuities; It is hereby enacted as follows:--
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section(1) This Act may be called the Local Authorities Pensions and Gratuities Act, 1919. [Substituted by the A.O.1950 for sub-section (2).] [(2) It extends to the whole of India except [Substituted by the Adaptation of Laws (No.3) Order, 1956, for "Part B States".] [the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B States.]
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionNotwithstanding anything contained in any enactment or in any rule made thereunder regulating the powers of local authorities, and without prejudice to any powers conferred by or under any such enactment, a local authority may grant a pension or gratuity to any officer thereof who may, since the 4th day of August, 1914, have been wounded or otherwise incapacitated in [The words "the service of Government" successively amended by the A.O.1937 and the A.O.1950.] [service under the Government], and to the widow or child of any such officer who may have died in consequence of injuries received or illness contracted since the 4th day of August, 1914, in the course of such service.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionSubject to the provisions of this Act, the decision of a local authority to grant a pension or gratuity thereunder shall be made in such manner and shall be subject to such sanction as may be prescribed by any enactment or rule regulating the grant by such local authority of pensions and gratuities: Provided that in every case the sanction of the [Substituted by the A.O.1937 for "L.G."] [appropriate Government] shall be necessary.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTHE POISONS ACT, 1919 [Act, No.12 of 1919] [3rd September, 1919] PREAMBLE An Act to consolidate and amend the law regulating the importation, possession and sale of poisons [The words "throughout British India" rep.by the A.O.1948]. WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law regulating the importation, possession and sale of poisons {The words "throughout British India" rep.by the A.O.1948.} ; It is hereby enacted as follows:
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section(1) This Act may be called the Poisons Act, 1919. 1 [(2) It extends to the whole of India: Provided that it shall not apply to the State of Jammu and Kashmir except to the extent to which the provisions of this Act relate to the importation into India of any specified poison.] _______________________ 1.Substituted for "[(2) It extends to the whole of India except Part BStates.]" by the Poisons (Amendment) Act, 1958, w.e.f. 17-12-1958.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section(1) {The words "Subject to the control of the G.G.in C." rep.by the A.O.1937}.The State Government may by rule regulate within the whole or any part of the territories under its administration the possession for sale and the sale, whether wholesale or retail, of any specified poison. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for (a) the grant of licences to possess any specified poison for sale, wholesale or retail, and fixing of the fee (if any) to be charged for such licences ; (b) the classes of persons to whom alone such licences may be granted ; (c) the classes of persons to whom alone any such poison may be sold ; (d) the maximum quantity of any such poison which may be sold to any one person ; (e) the maintenance by vendors of any such poison of registers of sales, the particulars to be entered in such registers, and the inspection of the same ; (f) the safe custody of such poisons and the labelling of the vessels, packages or coverings in which any such poison is sold or possessed for sale ; and (g) the inspection and examination of any such poison when possessed for sale by any such vendor. .....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section(1) The State Government {The words "subject to the control of the G.G.in C." rep.by the A.O.1937} may by rule regulate on the possession of any specified poison in any local area in which the use of such poison for the purpose of committing murder or mischief by poisoning cattle appears to it to be of such frequent occurrence as to render restrictions on the possession thereof desirable. (2) In making any rule under sub-section (1), the State Government may direct that any breach thereof shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both, together with confiscation of the poison in respect of which the breach has been committed, and of the vessels, packages or coverings in which the same is found.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionAny substance specified as a poison in a rule made or notification issued under this Act shall be deemed to be a poison for the purposes of this Act.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section(1) The District Magistrate, the Sub-divisional Magistrate and, in a presidency-town, the Commissioner of Police, may issue a warrant for the search of any place in which he has reason to believe or to suspect that any poison is possessed or sold in contravention of this Act or any rule thereunder, or that any poison liable to confiscation under this Act is kept or concealed. (2) The person to whom the warrant is directed may enter and search the place in accordance therewith, and the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898), relating to search-warrants shall, as far as may be, be deemed to apply to the execution of the warrant.
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