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Indian Bills of Lading Act, 1856 Preamble 1

Title: Indian Bills of Lading Act, 1856

State: Central

Year: 1856

INDIAN BILLS OF LADING ACT, 1856 [Act, No. 9 of 1856] [11th April, 1956] PREAMBLE An Act to amend the law relating to Bills of Lading. WHEREAS by the custom of merchants a bill of lading of goods being transferable by endorsement, the property in the goods may thereby pass to the endorsee, but nevertheless all rights in respect of the contract contained in the bill of lading continue in the original shipper or owner, and it is expedient that such rights should pass with the property; AND WHEREAS it frequently happens that the goods in respect of which bills of lading purport to be signed have not been laden on board, and it is proper that such bills of lading in the hands of a bona fide holder for value should not be questioned by the master or other person signing the same, on the ground of the goods not having been laden as aforesaid, It is enacted as follows: -

Indian Bills of Lading Act, 1856 Section 1

Title: Rights Under Bills of Lading to Vest in Consignee or Endorsee

State: Central

Year: 1856

Every consignee of goods named in a bill of lading and every endorsee of a bill of lading to whom the property in the goods therein mentioned shall pass, upon or by reason of such consignment or endorsement shall have transferred to and vested in him all rights of suit, and be subject to the same liabilities in respect of such goods as if the contract contained in the bill of lading had been made with himself.

Indian Bills of Lading Act, 1856 Complete Act

Title: Indian Bills of Lading Act, 1856

State: Central

Year: 1856

Preamble1 - INDIAN BILLS OF LADING ACT, 1856 Section1 - Rights under bills of lading to vest in consignee or endorsee Section2 - Not to affect right of stoppage in transit or claims for freight Section3 - Bill of lading in hands of consignee, etc. conclusive evidence of the shipment as against master etc

Indian Bills of Lading Act, 1856 Section 3

Title: Bill of Lading in Hands of Consignee, Etc. Conclusive Evidence of the Shipment as Against Master Etc

State: Central

Year: 1856

Every bill of lading in the hands of a consignee or endorsee for valuable consideration representing goods to have been shipped on board a vessel, shall be conclusive evidence of such shipment as against the master or other person signing the same, notwithstanding that such goods or some part thereof may not have been so shipped, unless such holder of the bill of lading shall have had actual notice at the time of receiving the same that the goods had not in fact been laden on board: PROVIDED that the master or other person so signing may exonerate himself, in respect of such misrepresentation, by showing that it was caused without any default on his part, and wholly by the fraud of the shipper or of the holder, or some person under whom the holder claims.

Finance Act, 2010 Chapter VII

Title: Clean Energy Cess

State: Central

Year: 2010

.....(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for -- (a) the manner of assessment, collection and utilisation of the cess under subsection (6) of section 83; (b) any other matter relating to the cess under sub-section (6) of section 83. (3) Every rule made and every notification issued under this Chapter shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made or issued, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session, or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or notification, or both Houses agree that the rule or notification should not be made or issued, the rule or notification shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule or notification.

Finance Act, 2010 Section 83

Title: Clean Energy Cess

State: Central

Year: 2010

.....States and the manner of assessment, collection, utilisation and any other matter relating to cess shall be such as may be prescribed by rules. (7) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare that any of the provisions of the Central Excise Act, 1944(1 of 1944), relating to levy of and exemption from duty of excise, refund, offences and penalties, confiscation and procedure relating to offences and appeals shall, with such modifications and alterations as it may consider necessary, be applicable in respect of cess levied under sub-section (3). ____________________________ 1. Chapter VII of Finance Act, 2010 Effective from 01.07.2010 vide Notification No. 01/2010 (Clean Energy Cess) dated 22.06.2010.

Prevention and Control of Infectious and Contagious Diseases in Animals Act 2009 Section 18

Title: Cleaning and Disinfection of Carriers

State: Central

Year: 2009

(1) Every common carrier whether a vessel or vehicle shall be cleaned and disinfected immediately before and after the transportation of any animal in that vessel or vehicle, and so also any other place where the animal has been kept in transit. (2) Where any area has been declared as a controlled area or free area in respect of any scheduled disease affecting any species of animal, the Director may, by an order duly published in the Official Gazette and in a local newspaper in the vernacular language, direct the owner of every vehicle in which any animal belonging to that species is carried, to have the vehicle properly cleaned and disinfected.

Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976 Section 357

Title: Power of Commissioner to Require Owner of Factory, Workshop, Etc., to Put Up and Maintain the Factory, Workshop, Etc., in a Cleanly State

State: Karnataka

Year: 1976

.....in the opinion of the Commissioner, to the health of the persons employed therein, or that any engine, mill-gearing hoist or other machinery herein is so fixed or so insecurely fenced as to be dangerous to life or limb, the Commissioner may by written notice require the owner of such factory, workshop, work-place or other building or place to make such order as he thinks fit for putting and maintaining the said factory, workshop, work-place or other buildings or place in a cleanly state or for ventilating the same or for preventing the same from being overcrowd or for preventing the danger to life or limb from any engine, mill-gearing, hoist or other machinery therein. Explanation.--Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect any of the provisions of the Indian Boilers Act, 1923, or to authorise the Commissioner to issue any order relating to the fixing or fencing of any engine, mill-gearing, hoist or other machinery in any factory to which the provisions of the Factories Act, 1948 (Central Act 63 of 1948) are applicable.

Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, Section 33

Title: Duty of Local Authorities and Other Agencies to Use Modern Technology for Cleaning of Sewers, Etc.

State: Central

Year: 2013

(1) It shall be the duty of every local authority and other agency to use appropriate technological appliances for cleaning of sewers, septic tanks and other spaces within their control with a view to eliminating the need for the manual handling of excreta in the process of their cleaning. (2) It shall be the duty of the appropriate Government to promote, through financial assistance, incentives and otherwise, the use of modern technology, as mentioned in sub-section (1).

Bills of Exchange Act, 1882 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1882

.....must be filled up within a reasonable time and, strictly in accordance with the authority given. Reasonable time, for this purpose, is a question of fact: Provided that if any such instrument after completion is negotiated to a holder in due course, it shall be valid and effectual for all purposes in his hands and he may enforce it as if it had been filled up within a reasonable time and strictly in accordance with the authority given. SECTION 21: DELIVERY (1) Every contract on a bill, whether it be the drawer's, the acceptor's, or an indoeser's, is incomplete and revocable until delivery of the instrument in order to give effect thereto : Provided that where an acceptance is written on a bill, and the drawee gives notice to or according to the directions of the persons entitled to the bill that he has accepted it, the acceptance then becomes complete and irrevocable. (2) As between immediate parties, and as regards a remote party other than a holder in due course, the delivery- (a) in order to be effectual must be made either by or under the authority of the party drawing, accepting or indorsing, as the case may be; (b) may be shown to have been conditional or for a.....