(1)This Act may be called the Railways (Local Authorities' Taxation) Act, 1941. (2) It extends to the whole of India {Subs.by Act 3 of 1951, s.3 and Such., for "except Part B States".} [except the State of Jammu and Kashmir].
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIn this Act, (a) "local authority" means a local authority as defined in the General Clauses Act, 1897, and includes any authority legally entitled to or entrusted with the control or management of any fund for the maintenance of watchmen or for the conservancy of a river; (b) "railway administration" has the meaning assigned to the expression in clause (6) of section 3 of the Indian Railways Act, 1890.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionNothing in this Act shall be construed as debarring any railway administration administering a railway from entering into a contract with any local authority for the supply of water or light or for the scavenging of railway premises, or for any other service which the local authority may be rendering or be prepared to render within any part of the local area under its control.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionASSAM RIFLES ACT, 1941 [Act, No. 5 of 1941] [17th March, 1941] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the regulation of and the maintenance of discipline in the Assam Rifles. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the regulation of and the maintenance of discipline in the Assam Rifles. It is hereby enacted as follows:--
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section(1) This Act may be called the Assam Rifles Act, 1941. (2) It extends to1[the whole of India] and applies to all members of the Assam Rifles wherever they may be serving. ____________________________ 1. Substituted for the words "the whole of Assam" by the Assam Rifles (Amendment) Act, 1962 (30 of 1962) w.e.f 11.09.1962.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section(1) The appointment of all riflemen shall rest with the Commandant. (2) Before any person is appointed to be a rifleman, the statement in the Schedule shall be read and if necessary explained to him in the presence of a Magistrate, Commandant or Assistant Commandant, and shall be signed by him in acknowledgment of its having been so read to him. (3) A rifleman shall not be entitled to be discharged except in accordance with the terms of the statement which he has signed under this Act or under the Assam Rifles Act, 1920.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section.....to act, shamefully casts away his arms or his ammunition, intentionally uses words or any other means to induce any other rifleman to abstain from acting against the enemy, or to discourage any other rifleman from acting against the enemy; or (e) directly or indirectly holds correspondence with, or communicates intelligence to, or assists or relieves any person in arms against the State, or omits to discover immediately to his Commanding or other superior officer arty such correspondence or communications coming to his knowledge; or (f) directly or indirectly assists or relieves with money, victuals or ammunition, or knowingly harbours or protects, any enemy or person in arms against the State; or who while on active service,-- (g) disobeys the lawful command of his superior officer; or (h) deserts or attempts to desert the service; or (i) being a sentry, sleeps upon his post, or quits it without being regularly relieved or without leave; or (j) leaves his Commanding Officer, or his post or party, to go in search of plunder; or (k) quits his guard, piquet, party or patrol without being regularly relieved or without leave, or (l) uses criminal force to, or.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section.....horse, or any animal used in the public service; or who, while not on active service,- (p) disobeys any lawful command of his superior officer; or (q) plunders, destroys or damages any property of any kind; or (r) being a sentry, sleeps upon his post, or quits it without being regularly relieved or without leave, or (s) deserts or attempts to desert the service; or (t) neglects to obey any battalion or other orders, or commits any act or omission prejudicial to good order and discipline such act or omission not constituting an offence under the Indian Penal Code-or other Act in force in Assam. shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees, or with both.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section.....as may be considered suitable, for a term which may extend to twenty-eight days when the order is passed by a District Magistrate or a Commandant1[or an Assistant Commandant] or to seven days when it is passed by any other officer; (b) punishment drill, extra guard, fatigue or other duty, not exceeding twenty-eight days in duration, with or without confinement to lines; (c) forfeiture of pay and .allowances for a period not exceeding twenty-eight days. (2) Any of the punishments specified in sub-section (1) may be awarded separately or in combination with any one or more of the others, but no award or awards including imprisonment and confinement to lines shall exceed twenty-eight consecutive days. ____________________________ 1. Inserted by the Assam Rifles (Amendment) Act, 1958 (48 of 1958) w.e.f 26.12.1958.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionAny rifleman sentenced under this Act to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months shall, when he is also dismissed from the Assam Rifles, be imprisoned in a civil Jail, but when he is not also dismissed from the Assam Rifles he may, if the convicting Court or the District Magistrate so directs, be confined in the Quarter Guard or such other place as the Court or Magistrate may consider suitable.
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