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Bonded Labour System Abolition Act, 1976 Complete Act

Title: Bonded Labour System Abolition Act, 1976

State: Central

Year: 1976

.....not to be evicted from homestead, etc Section9 - Creditor not to accept payment against extinguished debt Chapter IV Section10 - Authorities who may be specified for implementing the provisions of this Act Section11 - Duty of District Magistrate and other officers to ensure credit Section12 - Duty of District Magistrate and officers authorised by him Chapter V Section13 - Vigilance Committees Section14 - Functions of Vigilance Committees Section15 - Burden of proof Chapter VI Section16 - Punishment for enforcement of bonded labour Section17 - Punishment for advancement of bonded debt Section18 - Punishment for extracting bonded labour under the bonded labour system Section19 - Punishment for omission or failure to restore possession of property to bonded labourers Section20 - Abetment to bean offence Section21 - Offences to be tried by Executive Magistrates Section22 - Cognizance of offences Section23 - Offences by companies Chapter VII Section24 - Protection of action taken in good faith Section25 - Jurisdiction of civil courts barred Section26 - Power to make rules Section27 - Repeal and saving

Gold Bonds Immunities and Exemptions Act, 1993 Complete Act

Title: Gold Bonds Immunities and Exemptions Act, 1993

State: Central

Year: 1993

Preamble1 - GOLD BONDS IMMUNITIES AND EXEMPTIONS ACT, 1993 Section1 - Short title and commencement Section2 - Definitions Section3 - Gold Bonds Scheme Section4 - Immunities Section5 - Gold Bonds not to be taken into account in certain cases Section6 - Repeal and savings

Remittances of Foreign Exchange and Investment in Foreign Exchange Bonds (Immunities and Exemptions) Act, 1991 Complete Act

Title: Remittances of Foreign Exchange and Investment in Foreign Exchange Bonds (Immunities and Exemptions) Act, 1991

State: Central

Year: 1991

Preamble1 - REMITTANCES OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND INVESTMENT IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE BONDS (IMMUNITIES AND EXEMPTIONS) ACT, 1991 Chapter I Section1 - Short title and extent Chapter II Section2 - Definitions Section3 - Immunities Section4 - Remittances not to be taken into account in certain cases Chapter III Section5 - Definitions Section6 - Immunities Section7 - Foreign Exchange Bonds not to be taken into account In certain cases

Special Bearer Bonds (Immunities and Exemptions) Act, 1981 [Repealed] Complete Act

Title: Special Bearer Bonds (Immunities and Exemptions) Act, 1981 [Repealed]

State: Central

Year: 1981

Preamble1 - SPECIAL BEARER BONDS (IMMUNITIES AND EXEMPTIONS) ACT, 1981 Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement Section2 - Definition Section3 - Immunities Section4 - Acquisition, etc., of bonds not to be taken into account for certain proceedings Section5 - Amendment of Act 43 of 1961 Section6 - Amendment of Act 27 of 1957 Section7 - Amendment of Act 18 of 1958 Section8 - Power to remove difficulties Section9 - Repeal and saving Repealing Act1 - DIRECT-TAX LAWS (MISCELLANEOUS) REPEAL ACT, 2000

Bengal Bonded Warehouse Association Act 1854 Complete Act

Title: Bengal Bonded Warehouse Association Act 1854

State: Central

Year: 1854

Preamble1 - BENGAL BONDED WAREHOUSE ASSOCIATION 1854 Section1 - [Repealed] Section2 - Management of business Section3 - Annual election of Directors Section4 - Qualification of Director Section5 - Ordinary General Meetings Section6 - By-laws Section7 - Dissolution of Corporation

Bengal Bonded Warehouse Association Act, 1838 Complete Act

Title: Bengal Bonded Warehouse Association Act, 1838

State: Central

Year: 1838

.....Directors Section10 - Directors go out by rotation Section11 - Election of successor, when Director ceases to be so, otherwise than by rotation Section12 - [Repealed] Section13 - Directors to be residents of Bengal Presidency Section14 - [Repealed] Section15 - Adjournment of ordinary meetings Section16 - Extraordinary general meetings Section17 - Voting at general meetings Qualifications for voting Section18 - Number of votes to which proprietors entitled Section19 - Votes of joint proprietors shares Section20 - Voting by proxy Section21 - Authority of Directors Section22 - Calls for share money Section23 - Interest to run on each call Section24 - Power to refuse to register transfer by defaulting proprietor Section25 - Extension of act no. 25 of 1836 to warehouses of Association Section26 - Power to give general security for payment of import and export duties Section27 - Rates for warehousing Section28 - Certificates of deposit, transferable by endorsement Section29 - Suits against Association Section30 - Joint Stock of Association Section31 - Individual members not to be liable Section32 - [Repealed] Section33 - Inerease of Capital Stock Section34 -.....

The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 Complete Act

State: Punjab

Year: 1976

.....normally paid, for the same or similar labour, to the labourers in the same locality; (j) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act. 3. Act to have overriding effect.- The provisions of this Act 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. CHAPTER II ABOLITION OF BONDED LABOUR SYSTEM 4. Abolition of bonded labour system .- (1) On the commencement of this Act, the bonded labour system shall stand abolished and every bonded labourer shall, on such commencement, stand freed and discharged from any obligation to render any bonded labour. (2) After the commencement of this Act, no person shall-- 1 Inserted by Act 73 of 1985 (a) make any advance under, or in pursuance of, the bonded labour system, or (b) compel any person to render any bonded labour or other form of forced labour. 5. Agreement, custom, etc., to be void. - On the commencement of this Act, any custom or tradition or any contract, agreement or other instrument (whether entered into or executed before or after the commencement of.....

Bonded Labour System Abolition Act, 1976 Chapter III

Title: Extinguishment of Liability to Repay Bonded Debt

State: Central

Year: 1976

.....of being heard, direct the creditor to restore to the applicant the possession of the concerned property within such time as may be specified in the order. (7) An order made by any prescribed authority, under sub-section (6), shall be deemed to be an order made by a civil court and may be executed by the court of the lowest pecuniary jurisdiction within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the creditor voluntarily resides or carries on business or personally works for gain. (8) For the avoidance of doubts, it is hereby declared that, where any attached property was sold before the commencement of this Act, in execution of a decree or order for the recovery of a bonded debt, such sale shall not be affected by any provision of this Act: Provided that the bonded labour, or an agent authorised by him in this behalf, may, at any time within five years from such commencement, apply to have the sale set aside on his depositing in court for payment to the decree-holder, the amount specified in the proclamation of sale, for the recovery of which the sale was ordered, less any amount, as well as mesne profits, which may, since the date of such proclamation of sale, have been.....

Bonded Labour System Abolition Act, 1976 Section 6

Title: Liability to Repay Bonded Debt to Stand Extinguished

State: Central

Year: 1976

.....of being heard, direct the creditor to restore to the applicant the possession of the concerned property within such time as may be specified in the order. (7) An order made by any prescribed authority, under sub-section (6), shall be deemed to be an order made by a civil court and may be executed by the court of the lowest pecuniary jurisdiction within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the creditor voluntarily resides or carries on business or personally works for gain. (8) For the avoidance of doubts, it is hereby declared that, where any attached property was sold before the commencement of this Act, in execution of a decree or order for the recovery of a bonded debt, such sale shall not be affected by any provision of this Act: Provided that the bonded labour, or an agent authorised by him in this behalf, may, at any time within five years from such commencement, apply to have the sale set aside on his depositing in court for payment to the decree-holder, the amount specified in the proclamation of sale, for the recovery of which the sale was ordered, less any amount, as well as mesne profits, which may, since the date of such proclamation of sale, have been.....

Remittances of Foreign Exchange and Investment in Foreign Exchange Bonds (Immunities and Exemptions) Act, 1991 Chapter III

Title: Investment in Foreign Exchange Bonds

State: Central

Year: 1991

.....commenced against any of the persons referred to in clause (a) under any of the said Acts on the ground that such person owns such Bonds; (c) the fact that any of the persons referred to in clause (a) owns such Bonds shall not be taken into account and shall be inadmissible as evidence in any proceedings relating to any offence or the imposition of any penalty under any of the said Acts. (2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall apply to foreign exchange which is required to be brought into India under any of the provisions of-- (i) the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 (46 of 1973); or (ii) the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), read with the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 (46 of 1973), if the period within which such foreign exchange is to be brought into India has not expired or where such period has been extended, in any manner, by the Central Government or the Reserve Bank of India or any other authority, such extended period has not expired on the date of commencement of this Act. Section 7 - Foreign Exchange Bonds not to be taken into account In certain cases Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of section 6,-- (a) the provisions of.....