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Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Section 393

Title: Power to Pass over Adjoining Lands

State: Central

Year: 1958

(1) Whenever a vessel is wrecked, stranded or in distress as aforesaid, all persons may, for the purpose of rendering assistance to the vessel or of saving the lives of the shipwrecked persons, or of saving the cargo or equipment of the vessel, unless there is some public road equally convenient, pass and repass, either with or without vehicles or animals, over any adjoining lands without being subject to interruption by the owner or occupier, so that they do as little damage as possible and may also on the like condition, deposit on these lands any cargo or other article recovered from the ship. (2) Any damage sustained by an owner or occupier in consequence of the exercise of the rights given by this section, shall be a charge on the vessel, cargo or articles in respect of or by which the damage is occasioned and the amount payable in respect of the damage shall, in case of dispute, be determined by a Magistrate on application made to him in this behalf.

The Jharkhand Municipal Act, 2011 Complete Act

State: Jharkhand

Year: 2011

.....Government in relation to a Municipal Council, or the Nagar Panchayat, the Executive Officer of the Municipal Council or the Nagar Panchayat; (47) "Factory" means a factory as defined in the Factories Act, 1948; (48) "Filth" means (a) night soil or other contents of latrines, cesspools and drains; (b) dirt, dung, refuse, useless or offensive materials thrown out in consequence of any process of manufacture, industry or trade; and (c) putrid or putrifying substance, (49) "Finance Commission" means the State Finance Commission constituted under Article 243-I of the Constitution of India and referred to in section 97 of this Act; (50) "Food" includes every article used for food or drink by man, other than drugs or water, and any article which ordinarily enters into, or is used in the composition or preparation of, human food, and also includes confectionery, flavouring and colouring matters, spices and condiments; (51) "Footpath" means a pavement, for use by pedestrians; (52) "Goods" include animals; (53) "Government" means the State Government of Jharkhand; (54) "Holding" means land held under one title or agreement and surrounded by one set of boundaries: Provided that, where two.....

West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1955

.....tank-fishery, fishery, homestead, or land used for the purpose of livestock breeding, poultry farming, dairy or land comprised in tea garden, mill, factory, workshop, orchard, hat, bazar, ferries, tolls or land having any other sairati interests and any other land together with all interests, and benefits arising out of land and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to earth; (8) "Personal cultivation" means cultivation by a person of his own land on his own account (a) by his own labour, or (b) by the labour of any member of his family, or (c) by servants or labourers on wages payable in cash or in kind 1111. Words and brackets ins. by W.B. Act 12 of 1972. [(not being as a share of the produce)] or both: 1212. Proviso and Expln. ins. by W.B. Act 34 of 1977. Provided that such person or member of his family resides for the greater part of the year in the locality where the land is situated and the principal source of his income is 1313. Words subs. for the words "produced from" by W.B. Act 39 of 1978, w.e.f. 3.2.1978. [produce of] such land. 1212. Proviso and Expln. ins. by W.B. Act 34 of 1977. Explanation. The term "family" shall have the.....

Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporation Act, 1949 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1949

.....drains and polluted water from sinks, bath -rooms, stables, cattle-sheds and other like places, and includes trade effluent and discharges from manufactures of all kinds ; (61) "special fund" means a fund constituted under section 91 ; (62) "standing order" means an order made under section 466 ; (62A)1[ "State Election Commission" means the State Election Commission consisting of the State Election Commissioner appointed in accordance with the provisions of clause (1) of article 243 -K of the Constitution of India;] (63) "Street" includes any highway, and any causeway, bridge, viaduct, arch, road, lane, footway, sub-way, court, alley or riding path or passage, whether a thoroughfare or not, over which the public have a right of passage or access or have passed and had access uninterruptedly for a period of twenty years, and when there is a footway as well as a carriage way in any street, the said term includes both ; (64) "Sweetmeat shop" means any premises or part of any premises used for the manufacture, treatment or storage for sale or for the sale, wholesale or retail of any ice cream, confections or sweetmeats whatsoever, for whomsoever intended, and by whatsoever name the.....

The Mizoram Municipalities Act, 2007 Complete Act

State: Mizoram

Year: 2007

.....by one set of boundaries; Provided that where two or more adjoining holdings 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 purpose of the Act; Explanation: Holdings separated by a street or other means of communication shall he deemed to be adjoining within the meaning of this proviso; (31) "house-drain" means any drain of one or more premises used for the drainage of such premises; (32) "house gully" a passage or strip of land constructed, set apart or utilised for the purpose of serving as a drain or of affording access to a privy, urinal cesspool or other receptacle for filth or polluted matter to municipal employees or to persons employed in the cleansing thereof or in the removal of such matter therefrom, and includes the air space above such passage or land; (33) "house" means a building for human occupation whether as a residence or otherwise, having a separate principal entrance from the common way and includes any shop, warehouse or workshop; (34) "hut" means any building constructed principally of wood, mud, leaves, grass or.....

Indian Easements Act, 1882 Chapter 2

Title: The Imposition, Acquisition and Transfer of Easements

State: Central

Year: 1882

.....sale took effect. A is entitled to the light, and B cannot build on the land so as to obstruct such light. (g) A the owner of a house, sells IS a factor)' built on adjoining land, B is entitled, as against A, to pollute the air, when necessary, with smoke and vapours from the factory. (h) A, the owner of two adjoining houses, Y and Z, sells Y to B, and retains Z. B is entitled to the benefit of all gutters and drains common to the two houses and necessary for enjoying Y as it was enjoyed when the sale took effect, and A is entitled to the benefit of all the gutters and drains common to the two houses and necessary for enjoying Z as it was enjoyed when the sale look effect. (i) A, the owner of two adjoining buildings, sells one to B, retaining the other. B is entitled to a right to lateral support from A's building, and A is entitled to a right to lateral support from B's building. (j) A, the owner of two adjoining buildings, sells one to B and the other to C. C is entitled to lateral support from B's building, and B is entitled to lateral support from C's building. (k) A grants lands to ti for the purpose of building a house thereon. B is entitled to such amount of.....

Indian Easements Act, 1882 Section 13

Title: Easements of Necessity and Quasi Easements

State: Central

Year: 1882

.....sale took effect. A is entitled to the light, and B cannot build on the land so as to obstruct such light. (g) A the owner of a house, sells IS a factor)' built on adjoining land, B is entitled, as against A, to pollute the air, when necessary, with smoke and vapours from the factory. (h) A, the owner of two adjoining houses, Y and Z, sells Y to B, and retains Z. B is entitled to the benefit of all gutters and drains common to the two houses and necessary for enjoying Y as it was enjoyed when the sale took effect, and A is entitled to the benefit of all the gutters and drains common to the two houses and necessary for enjoying Z as it was enjoyed when the sale look effect. (i) A, the owner of two adjoining buildings, sells one to B, retaining the other. B is entitled to a right to lateral support from A's building, and A is entitled to a right to lateral support from B's building. (j) A, the owner of two adjoining buildings, sells one to B and the other to C. C is entitled to lateral support from B's building, and B is entitled to lateral support from C's building. (k) A grants lands to ti for the purpose of building a house thereon. B is entitled to such amount of.....

Assam Highways Act, 1989 Complete Act

State: Assam

Year: 1989

.....of the specified period the repairs have not been carried out in the manner specified, and the landlord or the proprietor has not furnished any satisfactory explanation for non-compliance, the highway authority may move the State Government to transfer control of the way authority may move the State Government to transfer control of the road or truck to it or to any other highway authority under sub-S. (1) of S. 24. (3) The State Government while directing the transfer of control of such village road or track to any highway authority, may determine whether any, and if so, what portion of the cost of repair which the highway authority may incur shall be recovered from the landlord or the proprietor in discharge of his obligation to maintain the road or track. Section 26 - Highway authority to acquire reversionary right of proprietors in village road land (1) Where the control of a village road or track has been taken over by a highway authority as a result of a notification issued under sub-S. (1) of S. 24 and the ownership of the land constituting the road or track vests in a landlord or proprietary body, the highway authority shall acquire by direct negotiation or,.....

Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Insustrial Townships Act, 1965 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1965

.....cow-house, milk-store, milk-shop or other place from which milk is supplied for sale or in which milk is kept for purposes of sale or manufactured into butter, ghee, cheese, curds or dried, sterilized or condensed or toned milk, but does not include- (A) a shop or other place in which milk is sold for consumption on the premises only, or (B) a shop or other place from which milk is sold or supplied in hermetically closed and unopened receptacles in the same original condition in which it was first received in such shop or other place; (9) "Director" means the person appointed by the State Government to be the Director of Municipal Administration under this Act; (10) "drain" includes a sewer, tunnel, pipe, ditch, gutter or channel and any cistern flush-tank, septic tank, or other device for carrying off or treating sewage, offensive matter, polluted water, sullage, waste water, rain water or sub-soil water and any culvert, ventilation shaft or pipe or other appliance or fitting connected therewith, and any electors, compressed air main, sealed sewage mains and special machinery or apparatus for raising, collecting, expelling or removing sewage or offensive matter.....

Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....field, and vests all executive power in the Central Government. The position of the existing law relating to ancient monuments is far from satisfactory. The present Bill purports to be a self contained law at the Centre which will apply exclusively to ancient monument, etc., of national importance falling under Entry 67 of List I and to archaeological sites and remains falling under Entry 40 in the Concurrent List. Simultaneously, the State Governments would be advised to enact a similar law in respect of ancient monuments, etc., falling under Entry 12 in the State List. In this manner, the Central and State fields will be clearly demarcated and the existing confusion and overlapping of jurisdiction arising from the Act of 1904 will be eliminated. 2. The Bill is broadly modelled on the Act of 1904. It, however, contains a few new provisions which are intended to overcome certain difficulties which have been experienced in the working of the Act of 1904. Some of the important new provisions are as follows: (a) The Act of 1904 confers wide powers upon Collectors. In the interests of uniformity and integrated policy, it is proposed to transfer some of these functions to the.....