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Extradition Act, 1962 Schedule I

Title: Extradition Treaty Between India and Switzerland

State: Central

Year: 1962

.....or larceny, 6.Obtaining money or goods by false pretences. 7.Crimes against bankruptcy law. 8.Fraud committed by a bailee, banker, agent, factor, trustee, or director, ormember of public officer of any Company made criminalby any law for the time being in force. 9.Rape. 10.Abduction of minors 11.Child stealing or kidnapping. 12.Burglary, or house breaking, with criminal intent. 13.Arson. 14.Robbery with violence. 15.Threats by letter or otherwise with intent to extort. 16.Perjury or subornation or perjury. 17. Malicious injury to property, if the offence be indictable. The extradition isalso to take place for participation in any of the aforesaid crimes, as anaccessory before or after the fact, provided such participation be punishable bythe laws of both Contracting Parties. ARTICLEIII Afugitive criminal may be apprehended in either country under a warrant issued byany Police Magistrate, Justice of the Peace, or other competent authority, onsuch information or complaint, and such evidence, or after such proceedings aswould, in the opinion of the authority Issuing the warrant, justify the issue ofa warrant if the crime had been committed or the.....

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Railways Act, 1989 Chapter 13

Title: Liability of Railway Administration for Death and Injury to Passengers Due to Accidents

State: Central

Year: 1989

.....dependant on the deceased passenger. 1[(c) "untoward incident" means-- (1) (i) the commission of a terrorist act within the meaning of sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 (28 of 1987); or (ii) the making of a violent attack or the commission of robbery or dacoity; or (iii) the indulging in rioting, shoot-out or arson, by any person in or on any train carrying passengers, or in a waiting hall, cloak room or reservation or booking office or on any platform or in any other place within the precincts of a railway station; or (2) the accidental falling of any passenger from a train carrying passengers.] ___________________ 1. Inserted by Railways (Amdt.) Act (28 of 1994), section 2 (w.e.f. 1-8-1994). Section 124 - Extent of liability When in the course of working a railway, an accident occurs, being either a collision between trains of which one is a train carrying passengers or the derailment of or other accident to a train or any part of a train carrying passengers, then whether or not there has been any wrongful act, neglect or default on the part of the railway administration such as would entitle.....

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Railways Act, 1989 Section 123

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1989

.....son, if dependant wholly or partly on the deceased passenger; (iii) a minor child of a pre-deceased daughter, if wholly dependant on the deceased passenger; (iv) the paternal grandparent wholly dependant on the deceased passenger. 1[(c) "untoward incident" means-- (1) (i) the commission of a terrorist act within the meaning of sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 (28 of 1987); or (ii) the making of a violent attack or the commission of robbery or dacoity; or (iii) the indulging in rioting, shoot-out or arson, by any person in or on any train carrying passengers, or in a waiting hall, cloak room or reservation or booking office or on any platform or in any other place within the precincts of a railway station; or (2) the accidental falling of any passenger from a train carrying passengers.] ___________________ 1. Inserted by Railways (Amdt.) Act (28 of 1994), section 2 (w.e.f. 1-8-1994).

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Navy Act, 1957 Chapter VIII

Title: Articles of War

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....hereinafter mentioned. Section 59 - Arson Every person subject to naval law who unlawfully sets fire to any dockyard, victualling yard or steam factory yard, arsenal, magazine, building, stores or to any ship, vessel, hoy, barge, boat, aircraft, or other craft or furniture thereunto belonging, not being the property of an enemy, shall be punished with death or such other punishment as is hereafter mentioned. Section 60 - Falsifying official documents and false declarations Every person subject to naval law-- (a) who knowingly makes or signs a false report, return, list, certificate, book, muster or other document to be used for official purposes; or (b) who commands, counsels or procures the making or signing thereof; or (c) who aids or abets any other person in the making or signing thereof; or (d) who knowingly makes, commands, counsels or procures the making of, a false or fraudulent statement or a fraudulent omission in any such document; shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years or such other punishment as is hereinafter mentioned. Section 61 - Malingering, etc Every person subject to naval law-- (a) who wilfully.....

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Navy Act, 1957 Section 59

Title: Arson

State: Central

Year: 1957

Every person subject to naval law who unlawfully sets fire to any dockyard, victualling yard or steam factory yard, arsenal, magazine, building, stores or to any ship, vessel, hoy, barge, boat, aircraft, or other craft or furniture thereunto belonging, not being the property of an enemy, shall be punished with death or such other punishment as is hereafter mentioned.

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Navy Act, 1957 Complete Act

Title: Navy Act, 1957

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....the Judge Advocate-General of the Navy Section129 - Right of accused to copy of proceedings and sentence Section130 - Application of the Evidence Act Section131 - Accused competent witness for defence Section132 - Judicial notice Section133 - Presumption as to certain documents Section134 - Summoning of witnesses Section135 - Commissions for examination of witnesses Section136 - Examination of witnesses on commission Section137 - Power to summon and examine material witnesses Section138 - Power of court to pay compensation out of fine Section139 - Summary punishment for contempt of court by person subject to naval law Section140 - Summary punishment for contempt of court by person not subject to naval law Section141 - Powers of court-martial when certain offences are committed by persons not subject to naval law Section142 - Powers of courts martial and disciplinary courts in relation to proceedings under this Act Section143 - Accused found insane during trial Section144 - Lunacy of the accused at the time of offence Section145 - Disposal of property pending trial Section146 - Disposal of property regarding which offence is committed Chapter XIV Section147 -.....

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Insecticides Act, 1968 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1968

INSECTICIDES ACT, 1968 INSECTICIDES ACT, 1968 46 of 1968 2nd September, 1968 An Act to regulate the import, manufacture, sale, transport, distribution and use of insecticides with a view to prevent risk to human beings or animals, and for matters connected therewith Be it enacted by Parliament in the Nineteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows: SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Insecticides Act, 1968. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3)'lt shall come into force on such date1as the Central Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different States2. SECTION 02: APPLICATION OF OTHER LAWS NOT BARRED The provisions of this Act shall be in addi- tion to, and not in derogation of, any other law for the time being in force. SECTION 03: DEFINITIONS In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "animals" means animals useful to human beings and includes fish and fowl, and such kinds of wild life as the Central Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, specify, being kinds which in its opinion, it is desirable to protect or.....

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National Security Guard Act, 1986 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1986

.....the character of such person, knowing or having reason to believe such statement to be false, or knowingly and wilfully suppresses any material fact, shall, on conviction by a Security Guard Court, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned. SECTION 34: FALSIFYING OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS AND FALSE DECLARATIONS - Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say,- (a) in any report, return, list, certificate, book or other document made or signed by him, or of the contents of which it is his duty to ascertain the accuracy knowingly makes, or is privy to the making of, any false or fraudulent statement; or (b) in any document of the description mentioned in clause (a) knowingly makes, or is privy to the making of, any omission, with intent to defraud, or (c) knowingly and with intent to injure any person, or knowingly and with intent to defraud, suppresses, defaces, alters or makes away with any document which it is his duty to preserve or produce; or (d) where it is his official duty to make a declaration respecting any matter, knowingly makes a false.....

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Navy Act, 1957 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....or publish or cause to be published any book, letter or other document having bearing on any naval, army or air force subject or containing any fact or opinion calculated to embarrass the relations between the Government and the people or any section thereof or between the Government and any foreign country, except with the previous sanction of the Central Government. (4) No person subject to naval law shall whilst he is so subject practise, any profession or carry on any occupation, trade or business without the previous sanction of the Chief of the Naval Staff. SECTION 19A: REINSTATEMENT OF PERSONS BELONGING TO THE INDIAN NAVAL RESERVE FORCES ON TERMINATION OF PERIOD OF TRAINING OR ACTUAL SERVICE WITH THE INDIAN NAVY (1) If a person belonging to the Indian Naval Reserve Forces is, during the period of his employment under an employer called up for training or called up into actual service with the Indian Navy in pursuance of his liability under any regulations made under this Act, it shall be the duty of every such employer to reinstate the person in his employment on the termination of the period of his training or service with the Indian Navy in an occupation and under.....

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Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1985 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1985

.....(t) the entry into, and search of, any place whatsoever reasonably suspected of being used for harbouring terrorists or disruptionists or for manufacturing or storing anything for use for purpose of terrorist acts or disruptive activities. (3) The rules made under sub -section (1) may further- (a) provide for the arrest and trial of persons contravening any of the rules or any order issued thereunder; (b) provide that any contravention of, or any attempt to contravene, or any abetment of, or any attempt to abet the contravention of any of the provisions of the rules or any order issued under any such provision, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years or for a term which may not be less than six months but which may extend to seven years or with fine or with imprisonment as aforesaid and fine; (c) provide for the seizure, detention and forfeiture of any property in respect of which such contravention, attempt or abetment as is referred to in clause (b) has been committed and for the adjudication of such seizure and forfeiture, whether by any court or by any other authority; (d) confer powers and impose duties as respects any matter upon.....

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