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Wakf Act, 1954 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1954

.....cases. 3. The present Bill seeks to achieve these objects.-Gaz. of Ind., 3-8- 19S9, Pt. II, S. 2, Ext., P. 579. Amending Act 34 of 1964.- The Wakf Act, 1954 was enacted to provide for the better administration and supervision of wakfs. The Act was amended in 1959 for the limited purpose of removing certain difficulties arising out of reorganisation of States. Experience of the working of the Act over the last ten years has revealed certain difficulties. It is, therefore, proposed to amend the Act to remove these difficulties and to ensure better administration of wakfs by mutawallis, 2. The main features of the Bill are: (i) The definition of beneficiary in regard to objects of public utility is being broadened to cover all objects obtained by Muslim law. Endowments made by nun-Muslims for support of certain Muslim religious and pious institutions will also come under the purview of the Act. (ii) A Central Wakf Council is proposed to be established. (iii) A provision is being made to enable the establishment of separate Sunni and Shia Boards in any State in which the Shia Wakfs constitute in number more than fifteen per cent. of the total number of wakfs In that State or the.....

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.....

The Rajasthan Irrigation and Drainage Act, 1954 Complete Act

State: Rajasthan

Year: 1954

.....1954 [Act No. XXI of 1954] (Received the assent of the President on the 6th day of November, 1954) As amended subsequently by the following Acts-Raj Act 27 of 1957. Raj Act 21 of 1960. Raj Act 8 of 1962 w.e.f. 16-11-1961. Raj Act 29 of 1992 w.e.f. 17-11-1992. An Act to regulate irrigation and drainage in the State of Rajasthan. Be it enacted by the Rajasthan State Legislature as follows :- 1. Short title and extent. - ( Subs, by Act 27 of 1957) This Act may be called the Rajasthan Irrigation and Drainage Act, 1954. [(Subs, lay Act 27 of 1957) It extends to the whole of the State of Rajasthan]. 2. Commencement. - It shall come into force on such date (Came into force from 1st April, 1956 vide Notfn. No.F.2 (108) Ire. 52, dated 22.3.1956) and in such areas as the State Government may by notification in the [Official Gazette] specify from time to time. 4 Subs, by Act 27 of 1957. COMMENTARY 1. Constitution of India, Art. 226-Objection as to jurisdiction not raised before Tribunal-Objection cannot be allowed.- There is no mention of this objection having been raised before him and it is well settled that if an objection as to the jurisdiction of a Tribunal is.....

The Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1954

THE PREVENTION OF FOOD ADULTERATION ACT, 1954 THE PREVENTION OF FOOD ADULTERATION ACT, 1954 (37 of 1954) [Act as on Date - Modified up to 1995] [29th September 1954] An Act to make provision for the prevention of adulteration of food. (1) This Act may be called The prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954. (2) It extends to the whole of India a*[..................]. (3) It shall come into force on such date b*[ ]as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. [a] Words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by the Prevention of Food Adulteration (Amendment) Act, 1971 (41 of 1971), section 2 (26-1-1972). [b] 1st June 1955" S.R.O.1085, dated 9th May, 1955, published in Gaz.of Ind., 21-5-1955, Pt.II, S.3, p.874. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- a* [ (i) "adulterant" means any material which is or could be employed for the purposes of adulteration; ] a*[(ia)] "adulterated" " an article of food shall be deemed to be adulterated- (a) if the article sold by a vendor is a not of the nature, substance or quality demanded by the purchaser and is to his prejudice, or is not of the.....

Delhi Land Revenue Act, 1954 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 1954

.....of this Act, be deemed to have been respectively made, issued, conferred granted, framed, acquired, incurred fixed, appointed and done under this Act. (3) Any enactment or document referring to any enactment hereby repealed shall be construed to refer to this Act or to the corresponding portion there of. Section3 Definitions In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) "Chief Commissioner" means the Chief Commissioner of the '[Union territory of Delhi]; (2) "Deputy Commissioner" means the Collector; (3) "minor" means a person who, under Section 3 of the Indian Majority Act, 1875, has not attained his majority; (4) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (5) "revenue" means land revenue; (6) "revenue court" means all or any of the following authorities, that is to say, the Chief Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner, Additional Collector, Revenue Assistant, Assistant Collector, Settlement Officer, Assistant Settlement Officer, Record Officer, Assistant Record Officer and Tahsildar; (7) "revenue-free", when applied to land means land whereof the revenue has either wholly or in part been released, compounded for,.....

Delhi Panchayat Raj Act, 1954 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 1954

.....utility and declared as such under Section 1 of the Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954, by the Chief Commissioner, or acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, or any other enactment relating to acquisition of land for a public purpose. Explanation - In this sub-section the expression "rural areas" has the meaning assigned to it in the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957]. 11. Came into force on 12-5-1956 vide Notification No. F. 17(10)/(56)-GAIR Dated 5-5-1956. [3] It shall come into force on such date as the Chief Commissioner may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint. Section2 Definitions In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, - (1) "Adult" means a person who has completed his twenty-first year; (2) "Bhumidhar" and "Asami" shall hear the same meaning respectively assigned to them in the Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954; (3) "building" means any shop, house, hut, out-house, estate or stable whether used for the purpose of human habitation or otherwise or whether of masonry, bricks, wood, mud, thatch, metal or any other material whatever and includes a wall and a well: (4) "bye-laws" means bye-laws made by the Gaon Panchayat under this.....

The Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954 Complete Act

State: Punjab

Year: 1954

THE DISPLACED PERSONS (COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION) ACT, 1954 THE DISPLACED PERSONS (COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION) ACT, 1954 (Act No. 44 of 1954 as amended up-to-date) Contents Chapter " I Preliminary Section Subject 1 Short Title 2 Definitions CHAPTER II Payment of Compensation & Rehabilitation Grants to Displaced Persons 3 Appointment of Chief Settlement Commissioner, etc 4 Application for payment of compensation 5 Determination of Public dues by Settlement Officer 6 Relief to certain banking companies 7 Determination of amount of compensation 8 Form and manner of payment of compensation 8A Payment of compensation in case of mortgaged properties 9 Payment of compensation in cases of disputes 10 Special procedure of compensation in certain cases 11 Rehabilitation and other grants to displaced persons Chapter-III Compensation Pool for purposes of payment of compensation and rehabilitation grants to displaced persons 12 Power to acquire property for rehabilitation of.....

Displaced Persons (Compansation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1954

DISPLACED PERSONS (COMPANSATION AND REHABILITATION) ACT, 1954 DISPLACED PERSONS (COMPANSATION AND REHABILITATION) ACT, 1954 44 of 1954 9th October, 1954 An Act to provide for the payment of compensation and rehabilitation grants to displaced persons and for matters connected therewith. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows: SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE This Act may be called the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act, 1954. SECTION 02: DEFINITIONS In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "compensation pool" means the compensation pool constituted under Section 14-; (b) "displaced person" means any person who, on account of the setting up of the Dominions of India and Pakistan, or on account of civil disturbances or the fear of such disturbances in any area now forming part of West Pakistan, has, after the first day of March. 1947, left or been displaced from, his place of residence in such area and who has been subsequently residing in India, and includes any person who is resident in any place now forming part of India and who for that reason is unable or has been rendered unable to manage,.....

The Orissa Disciplinary Proceedings (Summoning of Witnesses & Production of Documents) Act, 1954 Complete Act

State: Orissa

Year: 1954

..... 4. Powers of Inquiring Officer and penalty for disobedience to process- (1) Any Inquiring Officer shall have the same powers in the matter of summoning of witnesses and compelling the production of documents as are conferred upon the Commissioner under Section 8 of the Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 (Act XXXVII of 1850): Provided that all process to cause the attendance of witnesses or production of documents or other compulsory process shall be served through and executed by the District Magistrate or the Sub-divisional Magistrate, as the case may be, in whose jurisdiction the witness or other person resides and on whom such process is to be served. ( 2 ) The provisions of Section 9 of the said Act providing for penalty for disobedience to process shall apply to any process issued by an Inquiring Officer as they apply to such process issued by the Commissioners aforesaid. 5. Rules- The State Government may make rules for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of this Act. Orissa State Acts

Special Marriage Act, 1954 Chapter V

Title: Restitution of Conjugal Rights and Judicial Separation

State: Central

Year: 1954

.....on being satisfied of the truth of the statements made in such petition and that there is no legal ground why the application should not be granted, may decree judicial separation accordingly. (2) Where the court grants a decree for judicial separation, it shall be no longer obligatory for the petitioner to cohabit with the respondent, but the court may, on the application by petition of either party and on being satisfied of the truth of the statements made in such petition, rescind the decree if it considers it just and reasonable to do so. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 29 of 1970, Section 2, for certain words (w.e.f. 12-8-1970). 2. Substituted by Act 68 of 1976, Section 24 (w.e.f. 27-5-1976).