Title : Anti-apartheid (United Nation Convention) Act, 1981
State : Central
Year : 1981
ANTI-APARTHEID (UNITED NATION CONVENTION) ACT, 1981 [Act, No. 48 of 1981] PREAMBLE An Act to give effect to the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid. WHEREAS an International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on the Thirtieth day of November, 1973; AND WHEREAS India, having acceded to the said Convention, should make provisions for giving effect to it. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows: - View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Short Title and Extent
State : Central
Year : 1981
(1) This Act may be called The Anti-Apartheid (United Nations Convention) Act, 1981. (2) It extends to the whole of India. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Punishment for International Criminal Responsibility
State : Central
Year : 1981
Every person to whom international criminal responsibility applies under Article III of the said Convention, as set out in the Schedule, shall be punished with death, or imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine. Explanation. -- For the purposes of this section, the reference in clause (a) of Article III of the said Convention to "Article II" shall be construed as a reference to the provisions of Article II of that Convention as set out in the Schedule. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Offences by Companies, Organisations or Institutions
State : Central
Year : 1981
Where an offence under this Act has been committed by a company or an organisation or an institution, every person who, at the time the offence was committed, was in charge of, and was responsible to, the company, organisation or institution, as the case may be, of the conduct of its business or affairs, shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly: PROVIDED that nothing contained in this section shall render any such person liable to any punishment provided in this Act if he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence. Explanation. -- For the purposes of this section, "company" means any body corporate and includes a..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Provisions as to Extradition Act
State : Central
Year : 1981
For the purposes of the Extradition Act 1962, the offence under section 3-shall not be considered to be an offence of a political character. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : The Schedule
State : Central
Year : 1981
THE SCHEDULE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE SUPPRESSION ANDPUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF APARTHEID WHICH SHALL HAVE FORCE OF LAW (See sections 2 and 3) [***] Article II For the purpose of the present Convention, the term "the crime of apartheid," which shall include similar policies and practices of racial segregation and discrimination as practised in Southern Africa, shall apply to the following inhuman acts committed for the purpose of establishing and maintaining domination by one racial group of persons over any other racial group of persons and systematically oppressing them: (a) Denial to a member or members of a racial group or groups of the right to life and liberty of person: (i) By murder of members of a racial group or groups; (ii) By the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : The Export-import Bank of India Act, 1981
State : Central
Year : 1981
THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF INDIA ACT, 1981 [Act, No. 28 of 1981] [11th September, 1981] PREAMBLE An Act to establish a corporation to be known as the Export-Import Bank of India for providing financial assistance to exporters and importers, and for functioning as the principal financial institution for co-ordinating the working of institutions engaged in financing export and import of goods and services with a view to promoting the country's international trade and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:- View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Definitions
State : Central
Year : 1981
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "Board" means the Board of Directors of Exim Bank referred to in S. 6; (b) "Development Bank" means the Industrial Development Bank of India established under the Industrial Development Bank of India Act, 1964; (c) "Exim Bank" means the Export-Import Bank of India established under section 3; (d) "export" and "import" mean, respectively, export from or import into India or any other country of goods or services, or both; (e) "goods" includes all materials, commodities and articles in a solid, liquid or gaseous state and all forms of energy; (f) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette; (g) "prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made under this Act; (h) "Reserve Bank" means the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Committees
State : Central
Year : 1981
(1) The Board may constitute such Committees whether consisting wholly of directors or wholly of other persons or partly of directors and partly of other persons for such purpose or purposes as it may think fit. (2) Any Committee constituted under sub-section (1) shall meet at such times and places and shall observe such rules or procedure in regard to the transaction of business at its meeting as may be prescribed. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Fees and Allowances of Directors and Members of Committees
State : Central
Year : 1981
The directors and the members of a Committee shall be paid such fees and allowances as may be prescribed for attending the meetings of the Board or of any Committee constituted in pursuance of this Act and for attending to any other work of the Exim Bank: Provided that no fees shall be payable to the chairman, if he is appointed as a whole-time chairman, or to the managing director or to any other director or member who is an official of the Government, the Reserve Bank or the Development Bank. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section