Central Bare Acts 1956

Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act, 1956

State: Central

Year: 1956

Preamble1 - Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act, 1956 Section57 - Act 12 of 1987.- The Khadi and Village Industries Commission Section2 - In order to advise the Govermment on the role of KVIC in promoting the development and growth of Khadi and Village Section3 - In order that KVIC concentrates on promotion of industries in rural areas, it is proposed to amend the definition of Section4 - In order to discharge the new responsibility of the Commission in promoting village industries, it is proposed to Section5 - The term of the members of the Commission is proposed to be increased from 3 to 5 years to lend long-term stability and Section6 - According to the proviso to sub-section Section7 - Section 18 of the Act provides for two separate funds of the Commission called the 'Khadi Fund' and the 'Village Section8 - Presently, the Act does not provide for enabling powers to Government to give retrospective effect to the KVIC Section9 - The present opportunity is being availed of to include, in the Act a provision for laying of the Regulations made under Section10 - The Bill seeks to achieve the above objects. -Gaz. of Ind., 9-12-1986, Pt. II, S. 2, Ext., p. 9 Chapter1 - PRELIMINARY Section24 - (3) It shall be the duty of the Chief Executive Officer to place before the Commission for its consideration and Chapter3 - CHAPTER

Life Insurance (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1956

State: Central

Year: 1956

Preamble1 - Life Insurance (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1956 Section1 - SHORT TITLE This Act may be called the Life Insurance Section2 - DEFINITIONS In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, Section3 - MANAGEMENT OF CONTROLLED BUSINESS TO VEST IN GOVERNMENT ON COMMENCEMENT OF ACT Section4 - POWER OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO APPOINT CUSTODIANS TO TAKE OVER MANAGEMENT OF CONTROLLED BUSINESS Section5 - REFUND OF DEPOSITS MADE UNDER INSURANCE ACT The Central Government may, by order, direct that the whole or any part of Section6 - POWERS OF CUSTODIAN TO INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS, ETC The Custodian may, in relation to the controlled business of any Section7 - COMPENSATION FOR MANAGEMENT OF CONTROLLED BUSINESS VESTING IN CENTRAL GOVERNMENT The amount of compensation payable in Section8 - COMPENSATION, HOW TO BE PAID AND DISTRIBUTED Section9 - PENALTIES If any person Section10 - INSURER NOT TO BE WOUND UP BY COURT No proceeding for the winding up of an insurer the management of whose controlled Section11 - EXCLUSION OF TIME OF ACT FOR COMPUTING PERIOD OF LIMITATION In computing the period of limitation prescribed by any law Section12 - EFFECT OF ACT ON OTHER LAWS The provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent Section13 - DELEGATION OF POWERS The Central Government may, by notified order, direct that all or any of the powers exercisable by Section14 - PROTECTION OF ACTION TAKEN UNDER ACT Section15 - PREVENTION OF DISQUALIFICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF PARLIAMENT It is hereby declared that no person who holds any office Section16 - EXEMPTIONS Nothing contained in this Act shall apply to Section17 - POWER TO MAKE RULES Section18 - REPEAL OF ORDINANCE 1 OF 1956 AND SAVINGS [Repealed by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1960

Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....IN THE ADMINISTRATOR-GENERAL Notwithstanding anything contained in the Insurance Section35 - REPATRIATION OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES IN THE CASE OF FOREIGN INSURERS IN CERTAIN CASES Section36 - CONTRACTS OF CHIEF AGENTS AND SPECIAL AGENTS TO TERMINATE Notwithstanding anything contained in the Insurance Act or in Section37 - POLICIES TO BE GUARANTEED BY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT The sums assured by all policies issued by the Corporation including Section38 - LIQUIDATION OF CORPORATION No provision of law relating to the winding up of companies or corporations shall apply to Section39 - SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR WINDING UP OF CERTAIN INSURERS Where any insurer being a company Section40 - PENALTY FOR WITHHOLDING PROPERTY, ETC If any person wilfully withholds or fails to deliver to the Corporation as Section41 - TRIBUNAL TO HAVE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION IN CERTAIN MATTERS No Civil Court shall have jurisdiction to entertain or Section42 - ENFORCEMENT OF DECISIONS OF TRIBUNALS Any decision of a Tribunal may be enforced in any Civil Court within the local Chapter11 - APPLICATION OF THE INSURANCE ACT Section43A - DEDUCTION OF INCOME-TAX NOT TO BE MADE ON INTEREST OR DIVIDEND Notwithstanding anything contained in or section l94 of Section44 - ACT NOT TO APPLY IN CERTAIN CASES Nothing contained in this Act shall apply in relation to Section45 - SPECIAL PROVISIONS REGARDING TRANSFER OF CONTROLLED BUSINESS OF CERTAIN COMPOSITE INSURERS Notwithstanding anything Section46 - DEFECTS IN CONSTITUTION OF CORPORATION OR COMMITTEES NOT TO INVALIDATE ACTS OR PROCEEDINGS No act or proceeding of the Section47 - PROTECTION OF ACTION TAKEN UNDER ACT No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against any member or Chapter12 - POWER TO MAKE RULES Section48A - ACT TO APPLY TO GOA, DAMAN AND DIU SUBJECT TO MODIFICATIONS The provisions of this Act shall, in their application to Section49 - POWER TO MAKE REGULATIONS 26

Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1956

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....AUTHORITY - Where the competent authority is satisfied either Section29 - POWER TO REMOVE OFFENSIVE OR DANGEROUS TRADES FROM SLUM AREAS - The competent authority may, by order in writing, Chapter10 - APPEALS Section31 - SERVICE OF NOTICES, ETC Chapter11 - PENALTIES Section33 - ORDER OF DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS IN CERTAIN CASES -23 [ Section34 - JURISDICTION OF COURT -No court inferior to that of a magistrate of the first class shall try an offence punishable Section35 - PREVIOUS SANCTION OF THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY OR OFFICER AUTHORISED BY IT FOR PROSECUTION - No prosecution for any Section36 - POWER TO DELEGATE -24 [ Section37 - PROTECTION OF ACTION TAKEN IN GOOD FAITH - No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Section37A - BAR OF JURISDICTION - Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, no Civil Court shall have jurisdiction in Section38 - COMPETENT AUTHORITY, ETC., TO BE PUBLIC SERVANTS - The competent authority and any person authorised by27[it] under Section39 - ACT TO OVERRIDE OTHER LAWS - The provisions of this Act and the rules made there under shall have effect Chapter12 - POWER TO MAKE RULES

Hindu Minority and Guardinship Act,1956

Title: Hindu Minority and Guardinship Act,1956

State: Central

Year: 1956

Preamble1 - Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 Section1 - Short Title and Extent Section2 - Act to Be Supplemental to Act 8 of 1890 Section3 - Application of Act Section4 - Definitions Section5 - Over-riding Effect of Act Section6 - Natural Guardians of a Hindu Minor Section7 - Natural Guardianship of Adopted Son Section8 - Powers of Natural Guardian Section9 - Testamentary Guardians and their Powers Section10 - Incapacity of Minor to Act as Guardian of Property Section11 - De Facto Guardian Not to Deal with Minors Property Section12 - Guardian Not to Be Appointed for Minors Undivided Interest in Joint Family Property Section13 - Welfare of Minor to Be Paramount Consideration

Hindu Succession Act, 1956

State: Central

Year: 1956

Preamble1 - Hindu Succession Act, 1956 Section1 - SHORT TITLE AND EXTENT Section2 - APPLICATION OF ACT Section3 - DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS Section4 - OVERRIDING EFFECT OF ACT Section5 - ACT NOT TO APPLY TO CERTAIN PROPERTIES This Act shall not apply to Section6 - DEVOLUTION OF INTEREST IN COPARCENARY PROPERTY Section7 - DEVOLUTION OF INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY OF A TARWAD, TAVAZHI, KUTUMBA, KAVARU OR ILLOM Section8 - GENERAL RULES OF SUCCESSION IN THE CASE OF MALES The property of a male Hindu dying intestate shall devolve according Section9 - ORDER OF SUCCESSION AMONG HEIRS IN THE SCHEDULE Among the heirs specified in the Schedule, those in class I shall take Section10 - DISTRIBUTION OF PROPERTY AMONG HEIRS IN CLASS I OF THE SCHEDULE The property of an intestate shall be divided among the Section11 - DISTRIBUTION OF PROPERTY AMONG HEIRS IN CLASS II OF THE SCHEDULE The property of an intestate shall be divided between Section12 - ORDER OF SUCCESSION AMONG AGNATES AND COGNATES The order of succession among agnates or cognates, as the case may be, Section13 - COMPUTATION OF DEGREES Section14 - PROPERTY OF A FEMALE HINDU TO BE HER ABSOLUTE PROPERTY Section15 - GENERAL RULES OF SUCCESSION IN THE CASE OF FEMALE HINDUS Section16 - ORDER OF SUCCESSION AND MANNER OF DISTRIBUTION AMONG HEIRS OF A FEMALE HINDU The order of succession among the heirs Section17 - SPECIAL PROVISIONS RESPECTING PERSONS GOVERNED BY MARUMAKKATTAYAM AND ALIYASANTANA LAWS The provisions of sections 8-, Section18 - FULL BLOOD PREFERRED TO HALF BLOOD. Heirs related to an intestate by full blood shall be preferred to heirs related by Section19 - MODE OF SUCCESSION OF TWO OR MORE HEIRS If two or more heirs succeed together to the property of an intestate, they Section20 - RIGHT OF CHILD IN WOMB A child who was in the womb at the time of the death of an intestate and who is subsequently Section21 - PRESUMPTION IN CASES OF SIMULTANEOUS DEATHS Where two persons have died in.....

WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S INSTITUTIONS (LICENSING) ACT, 1956

State: Central

Year: 1956

Preamble1 - WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S INSTITUTIONS (LICENSING) ACT, 1956 Section1 - SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT Section2 - DEFINITIONS In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires," Section3 - LICENSING OF INSTITUTIONS After the commencement of this Act, no person shall establish or maintain an institution Section4 - APPLICATION FOR LICENCE Every person desiring to establish an institution shall make an application to the licensing Section5 - GRANT OF LICENCE Section6 - LICENCE NOT TRANSFERABLE A licence granted under this Act shall not be transferable Section7 - REVOCATION OF LICENCE Section8 - APPEALS Section9 - PENALTY Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or of any rule made there under, or any of the Section10 - ACT NOT TO APPLY TO CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS Nothing in this Act shall apply to Section11 - POWER TO MAKE RULES Section12 - REPEAL AND SAVINGS

Andhra Pradesh Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1956

State: Central

Year: 1956

Preamble1 - Andhra Pradesh Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act, 1956 Section1 - SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT A[ Chapter1 - APPLICATION OF ACT Section3 - DEFINITIONS In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, Chapter02 - : LIABILITY TO PAY Section4 - LEVY OF FEE IN COURTS AND PUBLIC OFFICES No document which is chargeable with fee under this Act shall Section5 - COLLECTION OF PROPER FEE ON DOCUMENTS When a document on which the whole or any part of the fee payable under this Act Chapter2 - MULTIFARIOUS SUITS Section7 - DETERMINATION OF MARKET VALUE Save as otherwise provided, where the fee payable under this Act depends on the market Section8 - SET OFF OR COUNTER CLAIM A written statement pleading a set-off or counter-claim shall be chargeable with fee in the Section9 - DOCUMENTS FALLING UNDER TWO OR MORE DESCRIPTIONS A document falling within two or more descriptions in this Act shall, Chapter03 - : DETERMINATION OF FEE Section10 - STATEMENT OF PARTICULARS OF SUBJECT MATTER OF SUIT AND PLAINTIFFS VALUATION THEREOF In every suit in which the fee Chapter3 - DECISION AS TO PROPER FEE Section12 - RELINQUISHMENT OF PORTION OF CLAIM A plaintiff who has been required to pay additional fee may relinquish a part of his Section13 - FEE PAYABLE ON WRITTEN STATEMENTS Where fee is payable under this Act on a written statement filed by a defendant the Section14 - FEE PAYABLE ON APPEALS, ETC The provisions ofsections 10-to12-relating to the determination and levy of fee on plaints Section15 - FEE PAYABLE ON PETITIONS, APPLICATIONS, ETC The provisions ofsections 10-to12-shall apply, to the determination and Chapter4 - COURT FEE EXAMINERS Section17 - INQUIRY AND COMMISSION For the purpose of deciding whether the subject-matter of a suit or other proceeding has been Section18 - NOTICE TO THE STATE GOVERNMENT In any inquiry relating to the fee payable on a plaint, written statement, petition, Chapter04 - : COMPUTATION OF FEE Section19 - FEE HOW.....

Medical Council Act, 1956

State: Central

Year: 1956

..... Regulation12 - REGULATION 12: NUMBER OF POST GRADUATE STUDENTS TO BE ADMITTED Regulation13 - REGULATION 13: TRAINING PROGRAMME Regulation111 - Postgraduate Diploma Diploma examination in any subject shall consist of theory Clinical and Oral Rule01 - RULE 01: SHORT TITLE Rule02 - RULE 02: DEFINITIONS Rule03 - RULE 03: REPRESENTATIVES OF UNIVERSITIES Rule04 - RULE 04: ELECTION BY SENATE OR COURT Rule05 - RULE 05: CHAIRMAN Rule06 - RULE 06: MEETINGS OF THE COMMITTEE Rule07 - RULE 07: MINUTES Rule08 - RULE 08: RETURNING OFFICER TO HOLD THE ELECTION Rule09 - RULE 09: RETURNING OFFICER TO DECIDE QUESTIONS RELATING TO RIGHT OF PERSONS TO STAND FOR OR TO VOTE AT ELECTION Rule10 - RULE 10: FIXATION OF DATES OF VARIOUS STAGES OF Rule11 - RULE 11: NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES Rule12 - RULE 12: NOMINATION PAPER Rule13 - RULE 13: REJECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER Rule14 - RULE 14: SCRUTINY OF NOMINATION PAPERS Rule15 - RULE 15: WITHDRAWAL OF CANDIDATE Rule16 - RULE 16: POLL Rule17 - RULE 17: VOTES TO BE SENT BY REGISTERED POST Rule18 - RULE 18: ENDORSEMENT BY RETURNING OFFICER ON REGISTERED COVER Rule19 - RULE 19: CANDIDATES MAY BE PRESENT WHEN REGISTERED COVERS ARE OPENED Rule20 - RULE 20: REJECTION OF VOTING PAPERS Rule21 - RULE 21: SCRUTINY AND COUNTING OF VOTES Rule22 - RULE 22: DECLARATION OF RESULT Rule23 - RULE 23: VOTING PAPERS TO BE RETAINED FOR SIX MONTHS Rule24 - RULE 24: RESULT OF ELECTION Rule25 - RULE 25: POWER TO DECLARE ANY ELECTION VOID Rule26 - RULE 26: NOMINATION TO THE COUNCIL UNDER SEC. 3(L)(D) PENDING ELECTIONS Rule27 - RULE 27: Schedule01 - SCHEDULE 01: RECOGNISED QUALIFICATIONS GRANTED BY UNIVERSITIES OR MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS IN INDIA Schedule02 - SCHEDULE 02: RECOGNISED MEDICAL .QUALIFICATIONS GRANTED BY MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS OUTSIDE INDIA Schedule3 - The Act has been extended now to the Union Territories of- (i) Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Regn. 6 of 1963;(ii) Schedule4 - Clause (c) omitted by Act 24 of 1964, S. 3.....