HIGH COURT (SEALS) ACT, 1950 [Act, No. 7 of 1950] [27th February, 1950] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the use of seals of common form and design by the High Courts in the States. BE it enacted by Parliament as:
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionThis Act may be called the High Courts (Seals) Act, 1950.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section(1) Every High Court in a State shall have and use as occasion may arise, a seal bearing a device and impression of the Asoka capital within anexergue or label surrounding the same, with the following inscriptions at convenient places, namely, "THE SEAL OF THE HIGH COURT AT (or OF) ..............", followed by the name of the seal of the High Court or the name of the State, as the case may be, and "SatyamevaJayate" in Devanagari script. (2) Every Court of the Judicial Commissioner for a Union territory shall have and use, as occasion may arise, a seal similar to the seal of a High Court in a State, but with the first inscription reading "THE SEAL OF THE JUDICIAL COMMISSIONER'S COURT FOR .......................", followed by the name of the Union territory. (3) The provisions of this shall supersede any provision contrary thereto or inconsistent therewith contained in any Letters Patent, Order, direction or other law relating to the use of seals by High Courts.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section[Repealed by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1957 (Act 35 of 1957) w.e.f 17.09.1957].
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionEMBLEMS AND NAMES (PREVENTION OF IMPROPER USE) ACT, 1950 [Act, No. 12 of 1950] PREAMBLE An Act to prevent the improper use of certain emblems and names for professional and commercial purposes. BE it enacted by Parliament as follows:--
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIn this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "emblem" means any emblem, seal, flag, insignia, coat-of-arms or pictorial representation specified in the Schedule; (b) "competent authority" means any authority competent under any law for the time being in force to register any company, firm, or other body of persons or any trade mark or design or to grant a patent; (c) "name" includes any abbreviation of a name.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionAny person who contravenes the provisions of section 3-shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionNothing in this Act shall exempt any person from any suit or other proceeding which might, apart from this Act be brought against him.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTHE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, 1950 [Act, No. 43 of 1950] [12th May, 1950] PREAMBLE An Act to provide the allocation of seats in and the delimitation of constituencies for the purpose of election to, the House of the People and the Legislatures of States, the qualifications of voters at such elections, the preparation of electoral rolls,1[ the manner of filling seats in the Council of States to be filled by representatives of2[Union territories], and matters connected therewith. BE it enacted by Parliament as follows: _______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 73 of 1950, Section 2. 2. Substituted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956, for "Part C States".
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionThis Act may be called the Representation of the People Act, 1950. Section 2 - Definitions 1[***] In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "article" means an article of the Constitution; (b) "Assembly constituency" means a constituency provided2[by law] for the purpose of elections to the Legislative Assembly of a State; (c) "Council constituency" means a constituency provided3[by law] for the purpose of elections to the Legislative Council of a State; 4[***] (d) "Election Commission" means the Election Commission appointed by the President under article 324; (e) "order" means an order published in the Official Gazette; (f) "parliamentary constituency" means a constituency provided5[by law] for the purpose of elections to the House of the People; 6[***] (g) "person" does not include a body of persons; (h) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 7[(i) "State" includes a Union territory;] (j) "State Government", in relation to a Union territory, means the administrator thereof. 8[***] ___________________________ 1. The brackets and figure "(1)" omitted by Act 103 of 1956, Section 65. 2. Substituted by Act 2 of.....
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