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Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 Chapter XVIII

Title: Miscellaneous

State: Karnataka

Year: 1993

.....or Zilla Panchayat shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (Central Act 49 of 1988) for the time being in force. Section 287 - Fines to be credited to the Panchayat Fund All fines imposed by a Magistrate for any offence under this Act, or under any rule, regulations or bye-law made thereunder in any prosecution instituted by or on behalf of a Grama Panchayat, Taluk Panchayat or Zilla Panchayat shall be credited to its fund. Section 288 - Damage to any property of Panchayats and how made good If through any act, neglect or default on account of which any person shall have incurred penalty imposed by or under this Act and any damage to the property of any Grama Panchayat, Taluk Panchayat or Zilla Panchayat shall have been caused by such person, he shall be liable to make good such damage as well as to pay such penalty and the value of the damage shall in case of dispute be determined by the Magistrate. The person incurring such penalty be convicted, and non-payment of such value on demand the same shall be levied by distress, and the Magistrate shall issue a warrant.....

Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 Section 308A

Title: Account of Election Expenses and Maximum Thereof

State: Karnataka

Year: 1993

.....deemed to be the expenditure in connection with the election incurred or authorized by the candidate or by his election agent for the purpose of sub-section (1). Explanation 1: For the purposes of this sub-section, 'Political Party' shall have the same meaning as in the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968 for the time being in force. Explanation 2: For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that any expenditure incurred in respect of any arrangement made facilities provided or any other act or thing done by any person in the service of the government or the service of the Zilla Panchayat or Taluk Panchayat as the case may be, the discharge or purported discharge of his official duty for, or to, or in relation to any candidate or his election agent or any other person acting with the consent of the candidate or his election agent (whether by reason of the office held by the candidate or for any other reason) shall not be deemed to be expenditure in connection with the election incurred or authorized by a candidate or by his election agent for the purpose of this section. (3) The account shall contain such particulars as may be prescribed. (4) The.....

Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976 Section 35

Title: Grounds for Declaring Elections to Be Void

State: Karnataka

Year: 1976

.....an agent other than his election agent; or (iii) by the improper reception, refusal or rejection of any vote or the reception of any vote which is void; or (iv) by any non-compliance with the provisions of this Act or of any rules or orders made thereunder, the court shall declare the election of the returned candidate to be void. (2) If in the opinion of the court, a returned candidate has been guilty, by a person other than his election agent, of any corrupt practice, but the court is satisfied,- (a) that no such corrupt practice was committed at the election by the candidate or his election agent and every such corrupt practice was committed contrary to the orders and without the consent of the candidate or his election agent; (b) that the candidate and his election agent took all reasonable means for preventing the commission of corrupt practices at the election; and (c) that in all other respects the election was free from any corrupt practice on the part of the candidate or any of his agents, then the court may decide that the election of the returned candidate is not void.

Disputed Elections (Prime Minister and Speaker) Act, 1977 Section 18

Title: Grounds for Declaring Election to Be Void

State: Central

Year: 1977

.....or (iii) by the improper reception, refusal or rejection of any vote or the reception of any vote which is void, or (iv) by any non-compliance with the provisions of the Constitution or of this Act or of any rules or orders made under this Act, the Authority shall declare the election of the returned candidate to the void. (2) If in the opinion of the Authority a returned candidate has been guilty by an agent, other than his election agent, of any corrupt practice but the Authority is satisfied-- (a) that no such corrupt practice was committed at the election by the candidate or his election agent, and every such corrupt practice was committed contrary to the orders, and without the consent, of the candidate or his election agent; (b) that the candidate and his election agent took all reasonable means for preventing the commission of corrupt practices at the election; and (c) that in all other respects the election was free from any corrupt practice on the part of the candidate or any of his agents, then the Authority may decide that the election of the returned candidate is not void.

Representation of the People Act, 1951 Section 100

Title: Grounds for Declaring Election to Be Void

State: Central

Year: 1951

.....vote or the reception of any vote which is void, or (iv) by any non-compliance with the provisions of the Constitution or of this Act or of any rules or orders made under this Act, 2[the High Court] shall declare the election of the returned candidate to be void.] 5[(2) If in the opinion of2[the High Court], a returned candidate has been guilty by an agent other than his election agent, of any corrupt practice6[***] but2[the High Court] is satisfied- (a) that no such corrupt practice was committed at the election by the candidate or his election agent, and every such corrupt practice was committed contrary to the orders, and7[without the consent], of the candidate or his election agent; 8[***] (c) that the candidate and his election agent took all reasonable means for preventing the commission of corrupt9[***] practices at the election; and (d) that in all other respects the election was free from any corrupt9[***] practice on the part of the candidate or any of his agents, then2[the High Court] may decide that the election of the returned candidate is not void. ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 27 of 1956, Section 55, for sub-sections (1) and (2) .....

Air Force Act, 1950 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1950

.....or confinement of a person according to the usages of the service and includes military or naval custody: (vi) "air force law" means the law enacted by this Act and the rules made there under and includes the usages of the service; (vii) "air force reward" includes any gratuity or annuity for long service or good conduct, badge pay or pension, and any other air force pecuniary reward; (viii) "airman" means any person subject to this Act other than an officer; (ix) "air officer" means any officer of the Air Force above the rank of group captain; (x) "air signal" means any signal intended for the guidance of aircraft, whether given by flag, ground signal, light, wind indicator or in any manner whatsoever: (xi) "Chief Legal Adviser" means a person appointed as such by5[the Chief of the Air Staff] to give advice on matters relating to air force law and to perform such other duties of a legal character as may arise in connection therewith; (xii) "civil offence" means an offence which is triable by a criminal court; (xiii) "civil prison" means any jail or place used for the detention of any criminal prisoner under the Prisons Act, 1894-, or under any other law for the time.....

Representation of the People Act, 1951 Chapter II

Title: Candidates and their Agents

State: Central

Year: 1951

.....shall be given in the prescribed manner to the returning officer.] ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 27 of 1956, Section 23, for section 40. Section 41 - Disqualification for being an election agent 1[41. Disqualification for being an election agent Any person who is for the time being disqualified under the Constitution or under this Act for being a member of either House of Parliament or the House or either House of the Legislature of a State or for voting at elections, shall, so long as the disqualification subsists, also be disqualified for being an election agent at any election.] ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 47 of 1966, Section 31, for section 41 w.e.f. 14-12-1966. Section 42 - Revocation of the appointment, or death, of an election agent (1) Any revocation of the appointment of an election agent,1[***] shall be signed by the candidate, and shall operate from the date on which it is lodged with the returning officer. 2[(2) In the event of such a revocation or of the death of an election agent whether that event occurs before or during the election, or after the election but before the account of the candidate's election.....

Election and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2003 Chapter II

Title: Amendments of the Representation of the People Act, 1951

State: Central

Year: 2003

.....notwithstanding anything contained in the Income-tax Act, 1961(43 of 1961), such political party shall not be entitled to any tax relief under that Act. Section 3 - Insertion new section 39A After section 39 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-- '39A. Allocation of equitable sharing of time.-- (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the Election Commission shall, on the basis of the past performance of a recognised political party, during elections, allocate equitable sharing of time on the cable television network and other electronic media in such manner as may be prescribed to display or propagate any election matter or to address public in connection with an election. (2) The allocation of equitable sharing of time under sub-section (1), in respect of an election, shall be made after the publication of list of contesting candidates under section 38 for the election and shall be valid till forty-eight hours before the hour fixed for poll for such election. (3) The allocation of equitable sharing of time under sub-section (1) shall be binding on all political parties concerned. (4).....

Subsidiary Banks General Regulations, 1959 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1959

.....of the requisition. REGULATION 19: BUSINESS AT GENERAL MEETINGS (1) No business other than that specified in sub-section (2) of section 44-of the Act shall be transacted or discussed at the annual general meeting, except with the consent of the chairman or other person presiding at the meeting, unless not les than six week's notice of the same has been given to the chairman or the4[managing director] of the subsidiary bank either by the State Bank or by at least ten other share holders qualified to vote at the meeting. Such notice shall take the form of a definite resolution to be put to the meeting, and shall be included in the notice of the meeting. (2) Except with the consent of the chairman or other person presiding at the meeting, no business shall be transacted or discussed at any special general meeting, except the business for which the meeting has been specifically convened. REGULATION 20 QUORUM AT GENERAL MEETINGS No business shall be transacted at any meeting of the shareholders whether it is the annual general meeting or any special general meeting, unless a quorum of at least five shareholders consisting of the State Bank represented by a proxy or by a duly.....

Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1976

.....the person so prohibited in the prescribed manner, and thereupon the provisions of sub-sections (2), (3), (4) and (5) of section 7 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967)-, shall, so far as may be, apply to, or in relations to, such article or currency and references in the said sub-sections to moneys, securities or credits shall be construed as references to such article or currency. SECTION 13: RECIPIENTS OF FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION TO MAINTAIN ACCOUNTS, ETC Every association, referred to in section 6-, shall maintain, in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed,- (a) an account of any foreign contribution received by it, and (b) a record as to the manner in which such contribution has been utilised by it. SECTION 14: INSPECTION OF ACCOUNTS OR RECORDS If the Central Government has, for any reason, to be recorded in writing, any ground to suspect that any provision of this Act has been, or is being, contravened by- (a) any political party, or (b) any person, or (c) any organisation, or (d) any association, it may, by general or special order, authorise such gazetted officer, holding a9 [Group A post], as it may think fit (hereinafter referred to.....