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Companies Act, 1956 Section 276

Title: Choice to Be Made by Director of More Than Fifteen Companies at Commencement of Act

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....the Central Government. ( 2 ) Any resignation made in pursuance of clause (b) of sub-section ( 1 ) shall become effective immediately on the dispatch thereof to the company concerned. ( 3 ) No such person shall act as director - (a) in more than1[fifteen] companies, after the expiry of two months from the commencement of2[the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000 ]; or (b) of any company after dispatching the resignation of hi s office as director thereof, in pursuance of clause (b) of sub-section ( 1 ). ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 53 of 2000, sec. 134, for "twenty" (w.e.f. 13-12-2000). 2. Substituted by Act 53 of 2000, sec. 134, for "this Act" (w.e.f. 13-12-2000).

Companies Act, 1956 Section 277

Title: Choice by Person Becoming Director of More Than Fifteen Companies After Commencement of Act

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....shall choose the directorships which he wishes to continue to hold or to accept, so however that the total number of the directorships, old and new, held by him shall not exceed4[fifteen]. None of the new appointments of director shall take effect until such choice is made; and all the new appointments shall become void if the choice is not made within fifteen days of the day on which the last of them was made. ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 53 of 2000, sec. 135, for "twenty companies" (w.e.f. 13-12-2000). 2. Substituted by Act 53 of 2000, sec. 135, for "this Act" (w.e.f. 13-12-2000). 3. Substituted by Act 53 of 2000, sec. 135, for "nineteen companies" (w.e.f. 13-12-2000). 4. Substituted by Act 53 of 2000, sec. 135, for "twenty" (w.e.f. 13-12-2000).

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 41D

Title: Right of Arrested Person to Meet an Advocated of His Choice During Interrogation

State: Central

Year: 1973

1[When any person is arrested and interrogated by the police, he shall be entitled to meet an advocate of his choice during interrogation, though not throughout interrogation] _________________________________ 1. Inserted Vide Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2008.

Geneva Conventions Act, 1960 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1960

.....power to sentence him to death or to imprisonment for a term of two years or more, shall not proceed with the trial until it is proved to the satisfaction of the Court that a notice containing the particulars mentioned in the next following sub-section, so far as they are known to the prosecutor, has been served not less than three weeks previously on the protecting power (if there is a protecting power) and, if the accused is a protected prisoner of war, on the accused and the prisoners' representative. (2) The particulars referred to in the foregoing sub-section are - (a) the full name and description of the accused, including the date of his birth and his profession or trade, if any, and, if the accused is protected prisoner of war, his rank and arm, regimental, personal or serial number; (b) his place of detention, internment or residence; (c) the offence with which he is charged- and (d) the Court before which the trial is to take place and the time and place appointed for the trial. (3) For the purposes of this section a document purporting - (a) to be signed on behalf of the protecting power or by the prisoners representative or by the person accused, as the case may.....

The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions Act, 2004 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 2004

.....it within such period as may be specified by the Commission in this behalf. (5) The Commission shall satisfy itself about the correctness of the facts stated and the conclusion, if any, arrived at in the report submitted to it under sub-section (4) and for this purpose the Commission may make such further inquiry as it may think fit. 12E. Power of Commission to call for information, etc." (1) The Commission, while enquiring into the complaints of violation or deprivation of educational rights of minorities shall call for information or report from the Central Government or any State Government or any other authority or organization subordinate thereto, within such time as may be specified by it: Provided that: " (a) if the information or report is not received within the time stipulated by the Commission, it may proceed to inquire into the complaint; (b) if, on receipt of information or report, the Commission is satisfied either that no further inquiry is required, or that the required action has been initiated or taken by the concerned Government or authority, it may not proceed with the complaint and inform the complainant accordingly. (2) Where the inquiry.....

The Mahe Land Reforms Act, 1968 Complete Act

State: Pondicherry

Year: 1968

.....site" means any land (not being a kudiyiruppu or a kudikidappu) which is used principally for the purposes of any trade, commerce, industry, manufacture or business; (6) "Court" means where a particular court is not specifically mentioned, the court having jurisdiction, under the law for the time being in force relating to civil procedure, to entertain the suit for the possession of the holding or part thereof to which any legal proceeding under this Act relates; (7) "cultivate" with its grammatical variations means cultivate either solely by one's own labour or with the help of the members of his family or hired labourers or both, or personally direct or supervise cultivation by such members or hired labourers or both, provided that such members or hired labourers have not agreed to pay or to take any fixed proportion or the produce of the land they cultivate as compensation for being allowed to cultivate it or as remuneration for cultivating it. Explanation. - For the purposes of this clause, "members of family" shall mean,- (i) In the case of lands held by a joint family, members of such family; and (ii) in any other case, wife or husband, as the case may be, and.....

Architects Act, 1972 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1972

.....may think fit to make,- (a) that his name has been entered in the register by error or on account of misrepresentation or suppression of a material fact; or (b) that he has been convicted of any offence which, in the opinion of the Council, involves moral turpitude; or (c) that he is an undischarged insolvent; or (d) that he has been adjudged by a competent Court to be of unsound mind. (3) An order under sub-section (2) may direct that any architect whose .name is ordered to be removed from the register shall be ineligible for registration tinder this Act for such period as may be specified. (4) An order under Sub-section (3) shall not take effect until the' expiry of three months from the date thereof. SECTION 30: PROCEDURE IN INQUIRIES RELATING TO MISCONDUCT - (1) When on receipt of a complaint made to it, the Council is of opinion that any architect has been guilty of professional misconduct which, if proved, will render him unfit to practise as an architect, the Council may hold an inquiry in such manner as may be prescribed by rules. (2) After holding the inquiry under sub-section (1) and after hearing the architect, the Council may, by order, reprimand the said.....

The Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act 1888 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1888

.....street]; (y) "private street" means a street which is not a public street; 35 [(yy) "trade refuse" means and includes the refuse of any trade, manufacture or business]; (z) "nuisance" includes any act, omission, place, or thing which causes or is likely to cause injury, danger, annoyance or offence to the sense of sight, smelling or hearing, or which is or may be dangerous to life or injurious to health or property; (aa) "dangerous disease" means cholera and any endemic, epidemic, or infectious disease by which the life of man is endangered; (bb) "official year:' means the year commencing on the first day of April; (cc) "public holiday" means a day or other period of time on or during which by an order of 37 [the 38 [State Government] published in the 39 [Official Gazette] Government offices in the city are closed; (dd) "sub-section" and "clause" denote, respectively, a sub-section or clause of the section in which the word occurs; 40 [(ee) "bakehouse" means any place in which are baked bread, biscuits or confectionery, from the baking or selling of which a profit is derived; (ff) "eating-house" means any premises to which the Public are admitted and where any kind of food is.....

Companies Act, 1956 Part 6

Title: Management and Administration

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....filed with the Registrar along with the return a certificate signed by 3 [the signatories] of the return, stating- (a) that the return states the facts as they stood on the day of the annual general meeting aforesaid, correctly and completely; 4 [***] 5 [(aa) that since the date of the last annual return the transfer of all shares and debentures and the issue of all further certificates of shares and debentures have been appropriately recorded in the books maintained for the purpose; and] (b) in the case of a private company also, (i) that the company has not, since the date of the annual general meeting with reference to which the last return was submitted, or in the case of a first return, since the date of the incorporation of the company, issued any invitation to the public to subscribe for any shares or debentures of the company, and (ii) that, where the annual return discloses the fact that the number of members of the company exceeds fifty, the excess consists wholly of persons who under sub-clause (b) of clause (iii) of sub-­section (1) of section 3 are not to be included in reckoning the number of fifty. ____________________ 1. The words "managing agent,.....

Companies Act, 1956 Chapter 2

Title: Directors

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....the representations are received by it too late for it to do so, - (a) in any notice of the resolution given to me mbers of the company state the fact of the representations having been made; and (b) send a copy of the representations to every me mber of the company to whom notice of the me eting is sent (whether before or after receipt of the representations by the company); and if a copy of the representations is not sent as aforesaid because they were received too late or because of the company's default, the director may (without prejudice to hi s right to be heard orally) require that the representations shall be read out at the me eting: Provided that copies of the representations need not be sent out and the representations need not be read out at the me eting if, on the application either of the company or of any other person who claims to be aggrieved, the1[Central Government] is satisfied that the rights conferred by this sub-section are being abused to secure needless publicity for defamatory mailer; and the1[Central Government] may order the company's costs on the application to be paid in whole or in part by the director notwithstanding that he is not a.....