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The Mizo District (Land and Revenue) Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Mizoram

Year: 1956

.....DISTRICT (LAND AND REVENUE) ACT, 1956 THE MIZO DISTRICT (LAND AND REVENUE) ACT, 1956 (Passed by the Mizo Council on 4th October, 1956) (Act No 1 of 1957) An Act to provide for the recognition of rights on land assessment of revenue on such land by the District Council. Preamble - Whereas it is expedient to provide it)r the recognition of right on land and settlement and the assessment or revenue such land and for other ancillary matter in the Mizo Autonomous District. CHAPTER I 1. Short title, extend and commencement :- 1) This Act may be called Mizo District (Land and Revenue) Act, 1956 2) It extends to the whole of the Union Territory of Mizoram excepting the areas under the Autonomous District Councils of Pawi, Lakher and Chakma. 3) It shall come into force at once 2. Definition " In this Act unless there is anything repugnant or the context otherwise requires:- (1) "District" means a District Council in Mizoram declared to be as such by order of the Administrator of Mizoram (2) (Omitted) (3) "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Union Territory of Mizoram appointed by the President of India under Article 239 of the constitution .....

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The Mizoram District (Land and Revenue) Amendment Act, 1975 Complete Act

State: Mizoram

Year: 1975

.....half a bigha but not exceeding one Bigha shall be assessed to one bigha, and an area exceeding one bigha but not exceeding one and half bigha shall be assessed to one and half bigha and an area exceeding one and half bigha but not exceeding two bighas shall be assessed to two bighas and so on. (2) The Administrator of Mizoram shall, from time to time, classify the lands within the town areas into such grades as may be considered appropriate and fix the rates of revenue for each grade under sub-section (1) of section 15. (3) Exemption from payment of house tax: Payment of the land revenue under sub-section (1) shall exempt a person from payment of house tax as prescribed in the Lushai Hills District (Revenue Assessment) Regulation, 1953, if the house is situated within the land for which he pays the land revenue".

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Calcutta Burial Boards Act, 1889 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1889

..... (2) And such burial-ground shall thereupon be managed in all respects as a public Muhammadan burial-ground subject to the provisions of this Act. Section 9 Power in Board to create new burial-grounds or extend those already in existence by purchase of land The Board may, with the sanction of the 55.Words subs, by the Government of India [Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937 and the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. [State Government], purchase any land in, or in the vicinity of, Calcutta, whether previously used as a burial-ground or not, with the object of extending any public burial-ground under its charge or of forming a new public burial-ground. Section 10 Power to withdraw burial-grounds from superintendence, management or control of Board The 55.Words subs, by the Government of India [Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937 and the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. [State Government] may, 77. Words "in his discretion" om. by the Government of India (Adaptation Laws) Order. 1937. * at any time, withdraw any burial-ground from the super intendence, management or control of the Board. Section 11 Board to receive and account for fees and grants The Board shall.....

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The Assam Nongovernment Educational Institutions (Regulation and Management) Act, 2006 Complete Act

State: Assam

Year: 2006

.....EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (REGULATION AND MANAGEMENT) ACT, 2006 THE ASSAM NON-GOVERNMENT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (REGULATION AND MANAGEMENT) ACT, 2006 [Act No. IV of 2007] Published in the Assam Gazette Extraordinary No. 19, dated 20th January, 2007 [19th January, 2007] PREAMBLE An Act to regulate the establishment and management of non-government educational institutions in the State of Assam. Whereas it is expedient to regulate the establishment and management of non-government educational institutions in the State of Assam and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. It is hereby enacted in the Fifty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows-- STATEMENT OF OBJECTS OF REASONS The un-planned and mushroom growth of non-government educational institutions at Primary, Secondary and Higher Secondary levels in the urban and semi-urban areas of the State have necessitated to make law to regulate the establishment and management of all the non-government educational institutions ie. educational institutions established and run by individual, association of individual society or Trust at primary, Secondary & H.S. level without receiving.....

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Opium Act, 1857 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1857

OPIUM ACT, 1857 OPIUM ACT, 1857 An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the cultivation of the poppy and the manufacture of opium 2 [* *]. Preamble.-Whereas the existing law relating to the cultivation of the poppy and the manufacture of opium on account of Government is in some respects inconsistent with the practice which now obtains under agreement between the Opium Agents and the cultivators, and it is expedient that such in- consistency should be removed; And whereas it is also expedient3[* * *] that the laws for preventing the illicit cultivation of the poppy, and for regulating the cultivation of the poppy and the manufacture of opium on account of Government, should be consolidated and amended; It is enacted as follows:- This Act has been declared to be in force throughout the former Province of Bengal and the former North-Western Provinces except the Scheduled Districts by the Laws Local Extent Act, 1874 (15 of 1874),Sections 6and7. It has also been declared to be in force in the Santhal Parganaa (now in Bihar) by Regn. III of 1872, Section 3 (1) and Schedule; and in Oudh (now in Uttar Pradesh), subject to certain modifications by Section 3 (e) of.....

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Code of Civil Procedure 1908 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1908

.....in the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 (5 of 1970). Explanation II : For the purposes of this section, a transaction is a commercial transaction, if it is connected with the industry, trade or business of the party incurring the liability.] (2) Where such a decree is silent with respect to the payment of further interest on such principal sum] from the date of the decree to the date of payment or other earlier date, the court shall be deemed to have refused such interest, and a separate suit therefor shall not lie. SECTION 35: COSTS (1) Subject to such conditions and limitations as may be prescribed, and to the provisions of any law for the time being in force, the costs of and incident to all suits shall be in the discretion of the court, and the court shall have full power to determine by whom or out of what property and to what extent such costs are to be paid, and to give all necessary directions for the purposes aforesaid. The fact that the court has no jurisdiction to try the suit shall be no bar to the exercise of such powers. (2) Where the court directs that any costs shall not follow the event, the court shall state its reasons in.....

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Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Appendix A

Title: Pleadings

State: Central

Year: 1908

.....the matters in respect of which particulars have been ordered) deliveredpursuant to the order of ..... the .....of ..... (Hereset out the particulars ordered in paragraphs, if necessary.) ___________________ 1. Substituted by A.O. 1950, for "The Secretary of State or the Federation of India or the Province of............, as the case maybe." 2. Substituted by Act 104 of 1976, section 93, for paragraph 2 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977). 3. Not applicable where suit is instituted by the Advocate-General. 4. Substituted by Act 104 of 1976 section 93, for "a decree for the balance" (w.e.f. 1-2-1977). 5. Added by Act 104 of 1976, section 93 (w.e.f. 1-2-1977). 6. See now the Limitation Act, 1963 (36 of 1963). 7. See now the Indian Succession Act, 1925 (39 of 1925).

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Indian Evidence Act 1872 Part 2

Title: On Proof

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....the facts admitted to be proved otherwise than by such admission. INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT 1872Chapter 4 - OF ORAL EVIDENCE Section 59 - Proof of facts by oral evidence All facts, except the 1 [contents of documents or electronic records], may be proved by oral evidence. _____________________ 1. Substituted by Act 21 of 2000, section 92 and Schedule II, for "contents of documents" (w.e.f. 17-10-2000). Section 60 - Oral evidence must be direct Oral evidence must, in all cases whatever, be direct; that is to say-- If it refers to a fact which could be seen, it must be the evidence of a witness who says he saw it; If it refers to a fact which could be heard, it must be the evidence of a witness who says he heard it; If it refers to a fact which could be perceived by any other sense or in any other manner, it must be the evidence of a witness who says he perceived it by that senseor in that manner; If it refers to an opinion or to the grounds on which that opinion is held, it must be the evidence of the person who holds that opinion on those grounds: Provided that the opinions of experts expressed in any treatise commonly offered for sate, and the grounds on.....

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Indian Evidence Act 1872 Chapter 6

Title: Of the Exclusion of Oral or Documentary Evidence

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....is drawn in a set of three, one only need be proved. (d) A contracts, in writing, with B for the delivery of indigo upon certain terms. The contract mentions the fact that B had paid A the price of other indigo contracted for verbally on another occasion. Oral evidence is offered that no payment was made for the other indigo. The evidence is admissible. (e) A gives B receipt for money paid by B. Oral evidence is offered of the payment. The evidence is admissible. _________________________ 1. Where, however, a criminal court finds that a confession or other statements or an accused person has not been recorded in the manner prescribed, evidence may be taken that the recorded statement was duly made see the Code or Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act 2 of 1974), section, 463. 2. Substituted by Act 18 of 1872, section 7, for "under the Indian Succession Act". 3. Substituted by Act 3 of 1951, section 3 and Schedule, for "the States". Section 92 - Exclusion of evidence of oral agreement When the terms of any such contract, grant or other disposition of property, or any matter required by law to be reduced to the form of a document have been proved according to the.....

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Indian Evidence Act 1872 Section 94

Title: Exclusion of Evidence Against Application of Document to Existing Facts

State: Central

Year: 1872

When language used in a document is plain in itself, and when it applies accurately to existing facts, evidence may not be given to show that it was not meant to apply to such facts. Illustration A sells to B, by deed, "my estate at Rampur containing 100 bighas". A has an estate at Rampur containing 100 bighas. Evidence may not be given of the fact that the estate meant to be sold was one situated at a different place and of a different size.

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