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Mental Health Act, 1987 Section 80

Title: Persons Legally Bound to Maintain Mentally Ill Person Not Absolved from Such Liability

State: Central

Year: 1987

Nothing contained in the foregoing provisions shall be deemed to absolve a person legally bound to maintain a mentally ill person from maintaining such mentally ill person.

Geneva Conventions Act, 1960 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1960

.....(d) procedural matters relating to legal representation, appeals, etc. 3. The existing law on the subject is to be found in the Geneva Convention Act, 1911 (an Act of the United Kingdom) as applied to India by the Gevena Convention Act, 1911 (British India) Order-in-Council dated the 24th October, 1916, and the Geneva Convention Implementing Act, 1936 (14 of 1936). The provisions of these Acts, however, are confined to extending protection to the two emblems, namely, the Red Cross and the Geneva Cross. 4. The Bill seeks to implement the Conventions in so far as it is necessary so to do and, at the same time, consolidates the law on the subject by repealing the United Kingdom Act of 1911andthe Central Act 14 of 1936and incorporating their provisions in the Bill." - Gaz. of Ind., 1959, Extra. Pt. II, S. 2, p. 1098. An Act to enable effect to be given to certain International Conventions done at Geneva on the twelfth day of August, 1949, to which India is a party, and for purposes connected therewith. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Eleventh Year of the Republic of India as follows :- -Geneva Conventions of 12th August, 1949, were ratified by the President on the 16th October,.....

Mental Health Act, 1987 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1987

.....it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Mental Health Act, 1987. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date1as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different States and for different provisions of this Act, and any reference in any provision to the commencement of this Act in a State shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision in that State. SECTION 02: DEFINITIONS In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "cost of maintenance", in relation to a mentally ill person admitted in a psychiatric hospital or psychiatric nursing home, shall mean the cost of such items as the State Government may, by general or special order, specify in this behalf; (b) "District Court" means, in any area for which there is a city civil court, that court, and in any other area the principal civil court of original jurisdiction, and includes any other civil court which the State Government may, by notification, specify as the Court.....

West Bengal Evacuee Property Act, 1951 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1951

.....on the said Ordinance ceasing to operate, be deemed to have been made, issued, commenced, taken or done under the corresponding provisions of this Act as if this Act had commenced on the 6th day of February, 1951. (2) Any allotment of an evacuee property made or purported to have been made before the commencement of the West Bengal Evacuee Property Ordinance, 1951, by the Collector which could have been validly made if the said Ordinance had been in force when such allotment was made or purported to have been made, shall if confirmed by the Collector in writing on or before the 31st day of March, 1951, be deemed to have been duly made under the said Ordinance. Section 34 Power to make rules (1) The State Government may make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely : (a) the manner in which the accounts referred to in sub-section (1) of section 9 shall be maintained; (b) the officer to whom the writing referred to in sub-section (1) of section 12 shall be delivered; (c) the rate of the levy referred to in.....

Howrah Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1980

.....figures subs, for the words "or any other oil which the State Government may, by notification, declare to be an edible oil for the purposes of this Act;" by W. B. Act 11 of 1999. [blended edible oil, partially hydrogenated and winterized soyabean oil, or any other oil which the Central Government may, by notification, declare to be an edible oil under the provisions of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954, or the rules made thereunder; 1111. Clause (11) subs, by W. B. Act 36 of 1994, which was earlier as under : (11) "elected member" includes a Councillor and Alderman:'. (11) "elected member" means an elected Councillor; 1212. Clause (12) om. by W. B. Act 11 of 1999. which was as under : (12) "election authority" means the authority appointed by the State Government under section 33; * * * * * * * * (13) "erection of a building" or "to erect a building" means (a) to erect a new building on any site, whether previously built upon or not, (b) to re-erect (i) any building of which more than one-half of the cubical contents above the level of plinth and within the external surface of its walls and roofs have been pulled down, burnt or destroyed, or (ii) any building of.....

West Bengal Municipal Corporation Act, 2006 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 2006

.....performance, amusement, game, and sport to which persons are ordinarily admitted on payment; (36) "factory" means a factory as defined in the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948); (37) "filth" includes offensive matter and sewage; (38) "footpath" or "footway" means pavement at the side of road or street for pedestrians; (39) "goods" includes animals; (40) "habitable room" means a room constructed or adapted for human habitation; (41) "heritage building or site" means any building of one or more premises, or any part thereof, or any monument, or any precinct, or any site, which requires preservation and conservation for historical, architectural, environmental or cultural purpose, and includes such portion of the land adjoining such building or any part thereof as may be required for fencing or covering or otherwise preserving such building, and also includes the areas and buildings requiring preservation and conservation for the purpose as aforesaid under subclause (ii) of clause (a) of sub-section (4) of section 31 of the West Bengal Town and Country (Planning and Development) Act, 1979(West Ben. Act XIII of 1979); (42) "Heritage Conservation Committee" means the.....

West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1993

.....epidemic, endemic, or infectious disease which the State Government may, by notification, declare to be a dangerous disease for the purposes of this Act; 44. Clause (15A) ins, by W.B. Act 45 of 1994. (15A) "District Magistrate" means the District Magistrate referred to in sub-section (1) of S.20 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; 55. Clauses (15B) and (15C) ins. by W.B. Act 32 of 1997. (15B) "District Planning Committee" means the District Planning Committee constituted under sub-section (1) of S.3 of the West Bengal District Planning Committee Act, 1994, and includes the Siliguri Sub-Division Planning Committee; 55. Clauses (15B) and (15C) ins. by W.B. Act 32 of 1997. (15C) "Draft Development Plan" means the Draft Development Plan prepared under section 297; (16) "drain" includes a sewer, a house-drain, a drain of any other description, a tunnel, a culvert, a ditch, a channel and any other device for carrying of sullage, sewage, offensive matter, polluted water, rain-water or subsoil water; (17) "drug" means any substance used as medicine or in the composition or preparation of medicines, whether for internal or external use, but does not include a drug within the.....

Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1980

..... (7) "building of the warehouse class" means a building, the whole or a substantial part of which is used, or intended to be used, as a warehouse, factory, manufactory, brewery, or distillery, or for any similar purpose, which is neither a "domestic building" nor a "public building" as defined in this section, and includes a hut used or intended to be used for any of the purposes mentioned in this clause; (8) "bustee" means an area containing land not less than seven hundred square metres in area occupied by or for the purposes of any collection of huts or other structures used or intended to be used for human habitation. Explanation.-If any question arises as to whether any particular area is or is not a bustee, the Corporation shall decide the question and its decision shall be final; (9) "Kolkata" means the area described in Schedule I; 3 Clause (10) omitted by s. 2 of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1996 (West Ben. Act VI of 1996) (with retrospective effect from 4.12.1995), which was earlier as under: '(10) "candidate" in section 75 and in Schedule III means a person who has been nominated as a candidate at any election of a Councillor or who claims.....

Asansol Municipal Corporation Act, 1990 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1990

.....performance amusement, game or sport to which persons are ordinarily admitted on payment; (20) "factory" means a factory as defined in the Factories Act, 1948; (21) "filth" includes offensive matter and sewage; (22) "goods" includes animals; (23) "habitable room" means a room constructed or adapted for human habitation; 55. Clause (23A) ins. by W.B. Act 17 of 1995. 5a. Clauses (8A), (13A). (14A), (25A). (56A) and (69A) ins. by W.B. Act 31 of 1997. (23A) "holding" means land held under one title or agreement and surrounded by one set of boundaries: Provided that where two or more adjoining holding form part and parcel of the site or premises of a dwelling house, manufactory, warehouse or place of trade or business, such holdings shall be deemed to be one holding for the purposes of this Act. Explanation. Holdings separated by a street or other means of communication shall be deemed to be adjoining holdings within the meaning of this clause; (24) "house drain" means any drain of one or more premises used for the drainage of such premises; (25) "house-gully" or "service passage" means a passage or strip of land constructed, set apart or utilised for the purpose of serving.....

The Chhattisgarh Excise Act, 1915 Complete Act

State: Chattisgarh

Year: 1915

THE CHHATTISGARH EXCISE ACT, 1915 THE CHHATTISGARH EXCISE ACT, 1915 [Act No. 02 of 1915] PREAMBLE An Act to consolidated and amend the Excise Law in Chhattisgarh. As amended subsequent to its extension to the entire State of Chhattisgarh by the following:- Where it is expedient to consolidated and amend the law in Chhattisgarh relating to the import, export, transport, manufacture, sale and possession on intoxicating liquor and of intoxicating drugs, and whereas the previous sanction of the Governor-General, required under Sections of the Indian Councils Act, 1892 (55 and 56, Vict., c. 14), has been obtained to the passing of this Act. It is hereby enacted as follows:-- Chapter I - PRELIMINARY Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Chhattisgarh Excise Act, 1915. (2) It extends to and shall be in force in whole of the Chhattisgarh. Section 2 - Definitions In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context.-- (1) "beer" includes ale, stout, porter and all other fermented liquors usually made from malt; (2) "bottle" means to transfer liquor from a cask or other vessel to a bottle,.....