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Act for Avoiding Wagers (Amendment) Act, 1865, (Maharashtra) Complete Act

Title: the Act for Avoiding Wagers (Amendment) Act, 1865

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1865

Preamble - THE ACT FOR AVOIDING WAGERS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1865 Section 1 - Contracts declared null and void. No suit allowed on such contracts Section 2 - Nor for commission or brokerage, etc., in respect of agreements by way of gaming or wagering Section 3 - Payments for which guardian and personal representative not to be allowed credit Section 4 - Repeal and savings Section 5 - Number and gender

Finance Act, 2012, (Central) Section 40

Title: Insertion of New Chapter X

State: Central

Year: 2012

.....purpose of obtaining a tax benefit, if the main purpose of a step in, or a part of, the arrangement is to obtain a tax benefit, notwithstanding the fact that the main purpose of the whole arrangement is not to obtain a tax benefit. 97. Arrangement to lack commercial substance.-- (1) An arrangement shall be deemed to lack commercial substance if-- (a) the substance or effect of the arrangement as a whole, is inconsistent with, or differs significantly from, the form of its individual steps or a part; or (b) it involves or includes-- (i) round trip financing; (ii) an accommodating party; (iii) elements that have effect of offsetting or cancelling each other; or (iv) a transaction which is conducted through one or more persons and disguises the value, location, source, ownership or control of funds which is the subject matter of such transaction; or (c) it involves the location of an asset or of a transaction or of the place of residence of any party which is without any substantial commercial purpose other than obtaining a tax benefit (but for the provisions of this Chapter) for a party. (2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), round trip financing includes any.....

Air Corporations Act, 1953 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1953

.....with either of the Corporations. SECTION 09: CORPORATIONS TO ACT ON BUSINESS PRINCIPLES - In carrying out any of duties vested in it by this Act, each of the Corporations shall act so far as may be on business principles. CHAPTER 03: FINANCE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT SECTION 10: CAPITAL OF THE CORPORATIONS - (1) All non-recurring expenditure incurred by the Central Government for, or in connection with, each of the Corporations up to the date of establishment of that Corporation and declared to be capital expenditure by that Government, shall be treated as capital provided by the Central Government to that Corporation. (2) The Central Government may provide any further capital that may be required by either of the Corporations for the carrying on of the business of the Corporation or for any purpose connected therewith on such terms and conditions as the Central Government may determine. (3) Each of the Corporations may, with the consent of the Central Government, or in accordance with the terms of any general authority given to it by the Central Government- (a) borrow money for all or any of the purposes of the Corporation, and (b) secure the payment of any money.....

Finance Act, 2012, (Central) Section 59

Title: Insertion of New Section 144ba

State: Central

Year: 2012

After section 144B of the Income-tax Act, the following section shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2014, namely:-- "144BA. Reference to Commissioner in certain cases.-- (1) If, the Assessing Officer, at any stage of the assessment or reassessment proceedings before him having regard to the material and evidence available, considers that it is necessary to declare an arrangement as an impermissible avoidance arrangement and to determine the consequence of such an arrangement within the meaning of Chapter X-A, then, he may make a reference to the Commissioner in this regard. (2) The Commissioner shall, on receipt of a reference under sub-section (1), if he is of the opinion that the provisions of Chapter X-A are required to be invoked, issue a notice to the assessee, setting out the reasons and basis of such an opinion, for submitting objections, if any, and providing an opportunity of being heard to the assessee within such period, not exceeding sixty days, as may be specified in the notice. (3) If the assessee does not furnish any objection to the notice within the time specified in the notice issued under sub-section (2), the Commissioner shall.....

Telegraph Act, 1885 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1885

.....to amend th law relating to telegraphs in India; It is hereby enacted as follows :- SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, LOCAL EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885. 1[(2) It extends to the whole of India2[* * *].] (3) It shall come into force on the first day of October, 1885. SECTION 02: REPEAL AND SAVINGS [Rep. by the Repeating Act, 1938 (1 of 1938). Sec. 2 and Sch.] SECTION 03: DEFINITIONS -In this Act, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context,- 3[(1) "telegraph" means any appliance, instrument, material or apparatus used or capable of use for transmission or reception of signs, signals, writing, images, and sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, visual or other electro-magnetic emissions. Radio waves or Hertzian waves, galvanic, electric or magnetic means; Explanation.- "Radio waves" or Hertzian waves" means electromagnetic waves of frequencies lower than 3,000 giga-cycles per sound propagated in space without artificial guide.] (2) "telegraph officer" means any person employed either permanently or temporarily in connection with a telegraph established, maintained or worded by4[the Central Government] or by a.....

Special Marriage Act, 1954 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1954

.....being entered in the Marriage Certificate Book by the Marriage Officer, the Certificate shall be deemed to be conclusive evidence of the fact that a marriage under this Act has been solemnized and that all formalities respecting the signatures of witnesses have been complied with. SECTION 14: NEW NOTICE WHEN MARRIAGE NOT SOLEMNIZED WITHIN THREE MONTHS Whenever a marriage is not solemnized within three calendar months from the date on which notice thereof has been given to the Marriage Officer as required by section 5-, or where an appeal has been filed under sub-section (2) of section 8-, within three months from the date of the decision of the district court on such appeal or, where the record of a case has been transmitted to the Central Government under section 10-, within three months from the date of decision of the Central Government the notice and all other proceedings arising there from shall be deemed to have lapsed, and no Marriage Officer shall solemnize the marriage until a new notice has been given in the manner laid down in this Act. CHAPTER 03 REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES CELEBRATED IN OTHER FORMS OBJECTS AND REASONS Section 15(e). Proviso.- "In the.....

Emergency Risks (Undertakings) Insurance Act, 1971 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1971

.....such aggression; (iv) any person belonging to such other country; (d) "factory" means a factory as defined in clause (m) of section 2 of the Factories Act, 1948; (e) "factory building" includes all buildings comprised in the factory, and such other buildings (including residential buildings for staff and workmen, hospitals and welfare centres) within a radius of three kilometers from the main factory building as are in the same ownership or occupation as the factory and are used for the purposes of the factory; (f) "Fund" means the Emergency Risks (Undertakings) Insurance Fund constituted under section 7, (g) "inland vessel" means a vessel not ordinarily plying outside the limits of the territorial waters surrounding India (h) "insurable value" means the value of the property as ascertained for the purposes of insurance under this Act (i) "occupier" of a factory has the meaning assigned to it in clause (n) of section 2 of the Factories Act, 1948;(63 of 1948) (j) "owner", in relation to property insurable under this Act, means the owner of such property and includes, when parts of such property in relation to an undertaking to which this Act applies are owned by different.....

Civil Defence Act, 1968 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1968

.....thereunder or any order made under this Act or any such rule shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any enactment other than this Act or in any instrument having effect by virtue of any enactment other than this Act. (2) Every appointment, order or rule made in relation to civil defence before the commencement of this Act by or under any law relating to civil defence shall, in so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, continue to be in force until it is rescinded or altered under this Act, and be deemed to have been made under the corresponding provisions of this Act. SECTION 13: ORDINARY AVOCATIONS OF LIFE TO BE INTERFERED WITH AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE Any authority or person acting in pursuance of the Act shall interfere with the ordinary avocations of life and the enjoyment of property as little as may be consonant with the purpose of ensuring the public safety and civil defence. SECTION 14: SAVINGS AS TO ORDERS (1) No order made in exercise of any power conferred by or under this Act shall be called in question in any Court. (2) Where an order purports to have been made and signed by any authority in.....

Emergency Risks (Goods) Insurance Act, 1971 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1971

.....Central Act. SECTION 02: DEFINITIONS In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires.- (a) "emergency risks" means such risks arising from,- (i) action taken by an enemy or action taken in combating an enemy or in repelling an imagined attack by an enemy (ii) any explosion or fire which involves explosives or munitions or other dangerous things required for the purposes of defence against any action of an enemy and which happens or is caused by through, or in connection with the manufacture, storage or transportation of and such explosives, munitions or other dangerous things; (iii) measures taken under proper authority to avoid the spreadire of or otherwise to mitigate, the consequences of damage occurring (whether accidentally or not) as a direct result of any such action as is described in sub-clause (i) or of any such explosion or fire as is described in sub-clause(ii) (iv) precautionary or preparatory measures taken under proper authority with a view to preventing or hindering the earning out of any attack by an enemy, being measures involving a substantial degree of risk to property; (v) precautionary or preparatory measures involving the doing of work on land taken.....

Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1971

.....may, by regulations,- (a) require any such opinion as is referred to in sub-section (2) of Section 3-to be certified by a registered medical practitioner or practitioners concerned, in such form and at such time as may be specified in such regulations, and the preservation or disposal of such certificates; (b) require any registered medical practitioner, who terminates a pregnancy, to give intimation of such termination and such other information relating to the termination as may be specified in such regulations; (c) prohibit the disclosure, except to such persons and for such purposes as may be specified in such regulations, of intimations given or information furnished in pursuance of such regulations. (2) The intimation given and the information furnished in pursuance of regulations made by virtue of clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall be given or furnished, as the case may be, to the Chief Medical Officer of the State. (3) Any person who wilfully contravenes or wilfully fails to comply with the requirements of any regulation made under sub-section (1) shall be liable to be punished with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees. State Amendments SECTION 08:.....