.....as defined in that Act to claim any enhancement of the rent payable to him or (ii) be taken into account] in determining "fair rent" under that Act. Section 15 - Levy of water cess under Madras Act VII of 1865 Where any water is taken or used otherwise than under and in accordance with the conditions of a permit in force issued under this Act, the Government may levy water -cess under the Madras Irrigation Cess Act, 1865. Section 16 - Control of navigation The Government shall have power to prohibit or regulate by licences or otherwise, navigation in any water course to which section 5 applies. Section 16A - Entrustment of lift irrigation works to co-operative societies [Inserted and substituted by Act XXXIII of 1951.] [(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the State Government may entrust the maintenance of any lift irrigation work constructed by them to co-operative societies of farmers benefited by such work, subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed. Explanation:- For the purposes of this section, 'co-operative society' means a co-operative society registered or deemed to be registered under the Kerala Cooperative Societies.....
List Judgments citing this section.....which the cess has to be paid to Government and communicate a copy of the order to the person liable to pay the cess. (2) The cess which has accrued due or which may accrue due to Government under sub-section (1) will be treated as Public Revenue due on land as defined in the Revenue Recovery Act, IV of 1083, and may be recovered by Government from those who have defaulted or who default to pay the cess as an arrear of revenue under the provisions of the said Act. Section 3 - Appeal Any person aggrieved by an order of the Diwan Peishkar fixing or refixing the cess under sub-section (1) of section 2 may within thirty days of the receipt thereof appeal to Government and the orders of Government thereon and the orders of the Diwan Peishkar, when there has been no appeal, shall be final and shall not be questioned in a Court of Law. Kerala State Acts
List Judgments citing this sectionTHE MADRAS DEVADASIS (PREVENTION OF DEDICATION) ACT, 1947 THE MADRAS DEVADASIS (PREVENTION OF DEDICATION) ACT, 1947 [Act No. 31 of 1947] PREAMBLE An Act to prevent the dedication of women as devadasis in the Province of Madras. WHEREAS the practice still prevails in certain parts of the Province of Madras of dedicating women as "devadasis" to Hindu deities, idols, objects of worship, temples and other religious institutions; AND WHEREAS such practice, however ancient and pure in its origin, leads many of the women so dedicated to a life of prostitution; AND WHEREAS it is necessary to put an end to the practice; It is hereby enacted as follows:- Section 1 - Short title and extent (1) This Act may be called the Madras Devadasis (Prevention of Dedication) Act, 1947. (2) It extends to the whole of the (This word was substituted for the word "Province" by the Adaptation Order of 1950.) [State] of Madras. Section 2 - Definitions In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context - (a) "dedication" means the performance of any ceremony, by whatever name called, by which a woman is dedicated to the service of the Hindu deity,.....
List Judgments citing this section.....included in the Schedule to the Madras Impartible Estates Act, 1904, or subsequently declared to be an impartible estate within the meaning of that Act, by an Act of the Legislature. Section 3 - Prohibition of the alienation of communal, forest and private lands in estate (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, no landholder shall sell, mortgage, convert into ryoti land, lease, or otherwise assign or alienate- (a) any communal or forest land in his estate without the previous sanction of the District Collector, on or after the date on which the Madras Estates Communal, Forest and Private Lands (Prohibition of Alienation) Ordinance, 1947, came into force, namely, the 27th day of June 1947, or (b) any private land in an impartible estate notified by the (Substituted by the Adaptation Order of 1950.) [State] Government in the Fort St. George Gazette, in pursuance of this clause or the corresponding clause in the Ordinance aforesaid, on or after the date on which the estate was so notified: Provided that private land in an impartible estate so notified may be leased for a period not exceeding two years. (2) Any landholder who.....
List Judgments citing this section.....this Act, if the lease was executed after the 1st November 1933. Section 7 - Power to make rules The (Substituted by Adaptation Order of 1950.) [state] Government may make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act. Section 8 - Validity of certain orders and proceedings not to be questioned The validity of the following orders and proceedings shall not be liable to be questioned in any Court of Law:- (i) any order made under section 3, sub-section (2); (ii) any recovery or rent effected by the (Substituted by Adaptation Order of 1950.) [State] Government under section 3, sub-section (4), or any payment made by them to the landholder under the same sub-section; (iii) any determination of net income or average net income made under section 5, sub-section (2). Section 9 - Power to remove difficulties If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the (Substituted by Adaptation Order of 1950.) [State) Government may, as occasion may require, by order, do anything which appears to them necessary for the purpose of removing the difficulty. Kerala State Acts
List Judgments citing this sectionTHE PRISONS (MADRAS AMENDMENT) ACT, 1947 THE PRISONS (MADRAS AMENDMENT) ACT, 1947 [Act 28 of 1947] PREAMBLE An Act further to amend the Prisons Act, 1894, in its application to the Province of Madras. WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Prisons Act, 1894. in its application to the Province of Madras, for the purposes hereinafter appearing; it is hereby enacted as follows:- Section 1 - Short title This Act may be called the Prisons (Madras Amendment) Act. 1947. Section 2 - Amendment of Central Act IX of 1894 In the Prisons Act. 1894- (i) in section 46, proviso, the following words shall be added at the end, namely, " or render any prisoner on hunger-strike liable to whipping": (ii) in section 52, for the words and figures "sentence him to any of the punishments enumerated in section 46". The words and figures "sentence him to any of the punishments to which he is liable under section 46" shall be substituted. Kerala State Acts
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