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Bengal Municipal Act, 1932 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1932

.....sanction of the Governor General has been obtained under sub-section (3) of section 80A of the Government of .India Act to the passing of this Act; It is hereby enacted as follows CHAPTER 1 PRELIMINARY Section 1 Short title, extent and commencement (1)This Act may be called the Bengal Municipal Act, 1932. (2) It extends to the whole of [West Bengal], except Calcutta as defined fay clause (11) of section 3 of the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1923. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the (State Government] may, by notification, appoint. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), it shall not take effect in any cantonment or part of a cantonment without the consent of the [Central Government] previously obtained. (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), the provisions of this Act shall apply to the district of Darjeeling or any part thereof subject to such exceptions and modifications as the State Government may, by notification, direct. Section 2 Savings .- ********* All municipalities constituted, ****** limits defined, regulations, measurements and divisions made, licenses and notices issued, taxes, tolls, rates and fees.....

Tea Districts Emigrant Lab0ur Act, 1932 [Repealed] Chapter V

Title: Supplemental

State: Central

Year: 1932

.....undue influence, fraud or mix-representation, or (b) has been recruited or forwarded otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, the Controller may direct that such person and his family shall, if such person so desires, be returned to his home by and at the cost of the employing interest on whose behalf he was recruited. Section 35 - Power to enforce the provisions of sections 33 and 34 If an employing interest fails to make arrangements to the satisfaction of the Controller for the detention or treatment of any person detained under sub-section (1) of section 33, the Controller may himself make such arrangements and defray the cost out of any funds at his disposal. (2) In making a direction under sub-section (2) of section 33 or under section 34 the Controller may fix a period within which such person and family shall be forwarded by the employing interest concerned, and shall send a copy of his direction to the employing interest concerned, and to the nearest agent, if any, of such employing interest in the State where such person then is. (3) If the employing interest fails to comply with the direction within.....

Tea Districts Emigrant Lab0ur Act, 1932 [Repealed] Section 35

Title: Power to Enforce the Provisions of Sections 33 and 34

State: Central

Year: 1932

.....employing interest fails to make arrangements to the satisfaction of the Controller for the detention or treatment of any person detained under sub-section (1) of section 33, the Controller may himself make such arrangements and defray the cost out of any funds at his disposal. (2) In making a direction under sub-section (2) of section 33 or under section 34 the Controller may fix a period within which such person and family shall be forwarded by the employing interest concerned, and shall send a copy of his direction to the employing interest concerned, and to the nearest agent, if any, of such employing interest in the State where such person then is. (3) If the employing interest fails to comply with the direction within the time fixed, the Controller may cause such person and his family to be returned to his home and defray the costs out of any funds at the Controller's disposal. (4) The Controller shall recover any costs incurred by him under this section from the employing interest concerned, and for the purposes of such recovery may certify the costs to be recovered to the Collector of any district in which a tea estate belonging to the employing interest concerned,.....

Tea Districts Emigrant Lab0ur Act, 1932 [Repealed] Chapter II

Title: Repatriation

State: Central

Year: 1932

.....(d) of subsection (1) may be made by the Controller only and not by any other officer exercising the powers of the Controller by or under this Act. Section 11 - Power of Criminal Courts to order repatriation Where any employer of an emigrant labourer, or any agent of such employer in authority over such labourer, is convicted of any offence committed against such labourer and punishable under Chapter XVI of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) with imprisonment for one year or upwards, the convicting Court or the appellate Court or the High Court when exercising its powers of revision may declare that such labourer has a right of repatriation against such employer. Section 12 - Incidents of the right of repatriation (1) When an emigrant labourer has a right of repatriation against any employer, the employer or his agent shall defray the cost of the return journey of the emigrant labourer and his family from the station nearest the employer's tea estate to the home of the labourer and shall provide subsistence allowances on the prescribed scale for such labourer and his family for the time requisite for him and his family to travel from such estate to his home: .....

Tea Districts Emigrant Lab0ur Act, 1932 [Repealed] Chapter III

Title: Controlled Emigration Areas

State: Central

Year: 1932

.....emigrants are travelling, or on which he has reason to believe that any assisted emigrant is travelling whether along a prescribed route or not. Section 23 - Action where proper arrangements not made for assisted emigrants If the Central Government is satisfied that an employing interest recruiting assisted emigrants in a controlled area is not making proper provision for the forwarding, accommodation or feeding of such emigrants and their families on their journey to Assam, {Substituted by the A.O. 1937 for "he may require the L.G. to"} [the Central Government may] direct all District Magistrates concerned to cancel or suspend all licences under section 17 held by local forwarding agents on behalf of such employing interest: Provided that the Central Government shall not {Substituted, A.O. 1937, for "make any requisition for the cancellation of"} [direct the cancellation of any] licences under this section until it has given the employing interest concerned an opportunity to submit its explanation. Section 24 - Cancellation of licences (1) The {Substituted, A.O. 1937, for "L.G."} [Central Government] may cancel wholly or part any licence granted to a local forwarding.....

Tea Districts Emigrant Lab0ur Act, 1932 [Repealed] Section 13

Title: The Discharge of an Employers Duty to Repatriate

State: Central

Year: 1932

(1) Within fifteen days from the date on which a right of repatriation arises to an emigrant labourer, or within such shorter period as the authority declaring such right may determine, the employer concerned shall, subject to any agreement under section 14, make all necessary arrangements for the homeward journey of the labourer and his family, and shall despatch them on their journey: Provided that an employer shall not be required to make such arrangements for or any payment in respect of any adult person who does not wish to leave Assam. (2) Where an employer fails to comply with the provisions of sub-section (1), the right of repatriation of the emigrant labourer concerned shall not be affected, but the employer shall be liable to pay to the labourer one rupee for each day on which he is in default: Provided that on application made to him by either party the Controller may direct that the labourer shall be paid at a lower rate than one rupee a day or at a higher rate not exceeding two rupees a day, and may also determine the number of days, being a reasonable number regard being had to all the circumstances of the case, for which the payment shall be made.

Tea Districts Emigrant Lab0ur Act, 1932 [Repealed] Section 15

Title: Power of the Controller to Enforce the Provisions of This Chapter

State: Central

Year: 1932

.....concerned an opportunity to be heard, is of opinion that an emigrant labourer is entitled to repatriation under any of the provisions of this Chapter, or is entitled to the payment of any sum of money under the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 13, the Controller may direct the employer concerned to despatch such labourer and his family or to pay him the sum of money within such period as the Controller may fix. (2) If the employer fails to comply with such direction, the Controller may repatriate the labourer and his family or pay him the sum of money out of any funds at the Controller's disposal, and shall recover the costs incurred from the employer. (3) For the purposes of such recovery the Controller may certify the costs to be recovered to the Collector, who shall recover the amount and may recover it as an arrear of land-revenue. (4) The Controller shall have similar powers in regard to any person in Assam who he knows or has reason to believe is a member of the family of a repatriated emigrant labourer who should have been repatriated along with such labourer.

Tea Districts Emigrant Lab0ur Act, 1932 [Repealed] Section 23

Title: Action Where Proper Arrangements Not Made for Assisted Emigrants

State: Central

Year: 1932

If the Central Government is satisfied that an employing interest recruiting assisted emigrants in a controlled area is not making proper provision for the forwarding, accommodation or feeding of such emigrants and their families on their journey to Assam, {Substituted by the A.O. 1937 for "he may require the L.G. to"} [the Central Government may] direct all District Magistrates concerned to cancel or suspend all licences under section 17 held by local forwarding agents on behalf of such employing interest: Provided that the Central Government shall not {Substituted, A.O. 1937, for "make any requisition for the cancellation of"} [direct the cancellation of any] licences under this section until it has given the employing interest concerned an opportunity to submit its explanation.

Bengal Opium Smoking Act, 1932 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1932

.....to control the practice of smoking prepared opium in Bengal ; AND WHEREAS the previous sanction of the Governor General has been obtained under sub-section (3) of section 80A of the Government of India Act to the passing of this Act; It is hereby enacted as follows : Section 1 Short title, local extent and commencement (1) This Act may . be called the Bengal Opium Smoking Act, 1932. (2) It extends to the whole of West Bengal. (3) It shall come into force in such local areas and on such dates as the State Government may, by notification, direct, and the State Government may, by notification, withdraw this Act from any local area. Section 2 Definitions In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context (1) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette (2) "prepared opium" means any product of opium obtained by any series of operations designed to transform opium into an extract suitable for smoking and includes the dross or other residue remaining after opium is smoked; (3) "registered" means registered under the provision of this Act as a smoker of prepared opium ; (4) "place" includes a building, house shop, booth, tent,.....

Indian Partnership Act, 1932 Chapter IV

Title: Relations of Partners to Third Parties

State: Central

Year: 1932

.....for the purpose of the business of the firm. Section 19 - Implied authority of partner as agent of the firm (1) Subject to the provisions of section 22, the act of a partner which is done to carry on, in the usual way, business of the kind carried on by the firm, binds the firm. The authority of a partner to bind the firm conferred by this section is called his "implied authority". (2) In the absence of any usage or custom of trade to the contrary, the implied authority of a partner does not empower him toX (a) submit a dispute relating to the business of the firm to arbitration, (b) open a banking account on behalf of the firm in his own name, (c) compromise or relinquish any claim or portion of a claim by the firm, (d) withdraw a suit or proceeding filed on behalf of the firm, (e) admit any liability in a suit or proceeding against the firm, (f) acquire immovable property on behalf of the firm, (g) transfer immovable property belonging to the firm, or (h) enter into partnership on behalf of the firm. Section 20 - Extension and restriction of partners implied authority The partners in a firm may, by contract between the partners, extend or.....