THE INDIAN TELEGRAPH (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2003 [Act No. 8 of 2004] [9th January, 2004] PREAMBLE An Act further to amend the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:--
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section(1) This Act may be called the Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Act, 2003. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 2002,
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIn section 3 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885(13 of 1885) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), clause (1) shall be renumbered as clause (1AA) and before clause (1AA) as so renumbered, the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:-- '(1) "Fund" means the Universal Service Obligation Fund established under sub-section (1) of section 9A; (1A) "Universal Service Obligation" means the obligation to provide access to basic telegraph services to people in the rural and remote areas at affordable and reasonable prices;'.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIn section 7 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), after clause (ee), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:-- "(eea) the manner in which the Fund may be administered; (eeb) the criteria based on which sums may be released.".
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section(1) The Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003, (Ord. 7 of 2003) is hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003, (Ord. 7 of 2003) anything done or action taken under the principal Act as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act, as amended by this Act.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTHE RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2003 [Act, No. 52 of 2003] [23rd December, 2003] PREAMBLE An Act further to amend the Railway Protection Force Act, 1957. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:--
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIn the Railway Protection Force Act, 1957(23 of 1957) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in the long title, for the words "railway property", the words "railway property, passenger area and passengers" shall be substituted.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIn section 2 of the principal Act, after clause (c), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:-- '(ca) "passenger" shall have, the meaning assigned to it in the Railways Act, 1989(24 of 1989); (cb) "passenger area" shall include railway platform, train, yard and such other area as is frequently visited by passengers;'.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionFor section 11 of the principal Act; the following section shall be substituted, namely:-- "11. Duties of members of Force. It shall be the duty of every superior officer and member of the Force-- (a) promptly to execute all orders lawfully issued to him by his superior authority; (b) to protect and safeguard railway property, passenger area and passengers; (c) to remove any obstruction in the movement of railway property or passenger area; and (d) to do any other act conducive to the better protection and security of railway property, passenger area and passengers.".
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionIn section 12 of the principal Act, for the words "railway property" wherever they occur, the words "railway property, passenger area and passengers" shall be substituted.
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