.....relating to "A motive or reward for doing", the following explanation shall be inserted, namely:" " 'Public Servant' ."For purposes of this section and sections 162, 163, 164, 165 and 165A, the words ˜public servant' shall denote, besides those who are public servants under section 21 or who are deemed to be ˜public servants' within the meaning of that section under any law for the time being in force, persons falling under any of the descriptions hereinafter following, namely:" i. Every officer in the service or pay of the Travancore Devaswom Board or the Cochin Devaswom Board; ii. Every officer in the service or pay and every member of the Wakfs Board constituted under the Wakfs Act, 1954 (Central Act 29 of 1954); iii. The President and every member of a Village Court or Village Panchayat Court; iv. Every member of the Board of Directors or of the executive or managing committee and every officer or servant of a co-operative society registered or deemed to be registered under the law relating to co-operative societies for the time being in force; v. Every member of the governing body and every officer or servant in the service or pay of a society.....
List Judgments citing this section.....of fire and report to Government." Where any fire has occurred within any area in which this Act is in force, the Collector shall ascertain the fact as to the origin and cause of such fire and shall make a report thereon to the Government. 29. Power to obtain information." Any officer of the force not below the rank of an officer in charge of a fire-station may for the purpose of discharging his duties under this Act require the owner or occupier of any building or other property to supply information with respect to the character of such building or other property, the available water-supplies and the means of access thereto and other material particulars and such owner or occupier shall furnish all the information in his possession. 30. Power of entry." (1) The Director or any member of the Force authorised by him in this behalf may enter any of the places specified in any notification issued under section 13 for the purpose of determining whether precautions against fire required to be taken on such place have been so taken. (2) Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, no claim shall lie against any person for compensation for any damage necessarily caused by any.....
List Judgments citing this section.....Republic of India as follows: " 1. Short title "This Act may be called the Kerala Enquiries and Summonses (Amendment) Act, 1962. 2. Amendment of Section 9, Act 24 of 1960. " Section 9 of the Kerala Enquiries and Summonses Act, 1960 (Act 24 o f I960), shall be renumbered as sub-section (l) of that section and" (i) in sub-section ( 1) as so renumbered, the words " o r into the c onduct of any public servant as such " shall be omitted; (ii) after sub-section (1) as so renumbered the following sub-s ection shall be added, namely:" " (2) The Government may, by notification in the Gazette, invest any officer deputed by them to make an enquiry into the conduct of any public servant with the powers of a civil court while trying a suit under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act 5 of 1908), in respect of the following matters, namely: " (a) Summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath; (b) requiring the discovery and production of any docu ment ; (c) receiving evidence on affidavits ; (d) requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any court or office; (e) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses or d.....
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