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Payment and Settlement Systems Act 2007 Section 34

Title: Act Not to Apply to Stock Exchanges or Clearing Corporations of Stock Exchanges

State: Central

Year: 2007

Nothing contained in this Act shall apply to stock exchanges or the clearing corporations of the stock exchanges.

Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2007

PAYMENT AND SETTLEMENT SYSTEMS ACT, 2007 PAYMENT AND SETTLEMENT SYSTEMS ACT, 2007 51 OF 2007 An Act to provide for the regulation and supervision of payment systems in India and to designate the Reserve Bank of India as the authority for that purpose and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- CHAPTER 1 : Preliminary SECTION 1 : Short title extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act, and any reference to the commencement in any such provision of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the commencement of that provision. SECTION 2 : Definitions (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "bank" means,- (i) a bank included in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (2 of 1934); (ii) a post office savings bank; (iii) a banking company.....

Finance Act 2007 Chapter IV

Title: Indirecttaxes

State: Central

Year: 2007

.....from the 1st day of June, 2007, for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-- '(b) "case" means any proceeding under this Act or any other Act for the levy, assessment and collection of customs duty, pending before an adjudicating authority on the date on which an application under sub-section (1) of section 127B is made: Provided that when any proceeding is referred back in any appeal or revision, as the case may be, by any court, Appellate Tribunal or any other authority, to the adjudicating authority for a fresh adjudication or decision, as the case may be, then such proceeding shall not be deemed to be a proceeding pending within the meaning of this clause;'. Section 101 - Amendment of section 127B In section 127B of the Customs Act, with effect from the 1st day of June, 2007, for sub-section (1), the following sub-sections shall be substituted, namely:-- "(1) Any importer, exporter or any other person (hereinafter referred to as the applicant in this Chapter) may, in respect of a case, relating to him make an application, before adjudication to the Settlement Commission to have the case settled, in such form and in such manner as may be.....

Finance Act, 2007 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2007

.....in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows- CHAPTER 1: PRELIMINARY: SECTION 1: Short title and commencement: (1) This Act may be called the Finance Act, 2007. (2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, sections 2 to 93 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 2007. CHAPTER 2: RATES OF INCOME-TAX: SECTION 2: Income-tax: (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3), for the assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 2007, income-tax shall be charged at the rates specified in Part I of the First Schedule and such tax as reduced by the rebate of income-tax calculated under Chapter VIII-A of the Income-tax Act, 1961(43 of 1961) (hereinafter referred to as the Income-tax Act) shall be increased by a surcharge for purposes of the Union calculated in each case in the manner provided therein. (2) In the cases to which Paragraph A of Part I of the First Schedule applies, where the assessee has, in the previous year, any net agricultural income exceeding five thousand rupees, in addition to total income, and the total income exceeds one lakh rupees, then,-- (a) the net agricultural income shall be taken.....

The Mizoram Municipalities Act, 2007 Complete Act

State: Mizoram

Year: 2007

THE MIZORAM MUNICIPALITIES ACT, 2007 THE MIZORAM MUNICIPALITIES ACT, 2007 (Act No.6 of 2007) [Received the assent of the Governor of Mizoram on 16th April/2007] An Act to provide for the administration of town areas and to establish municipalities in towns, transitional areas and urban areas in Mizoram. Whereas it is expedient and necessary to provide for the administration of town areas viz., transitional areas and urban areas and to introduce municipalities in Mizoram for the purpose of bringing them in conformity with the purpose, substance and direction of the Constitution (Seventy-fourth) Amendment Act, 1992 in general, and in particular to endow the municipalities with functions and powers so as to enable them to function as vibrant Institution of Local Self Government with greater People's participation in managing their own affairs besides importing certainty, continuity and democratic content and dignity, aiming among other things at the realisation of economic and social justice; It is enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows: CHAPTER -I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title, extent.....

Payment and Settlement Systems Act 2007 Chapter III

Title: Authorisation of Payment Systems

State: Central

Year: 2007

.....the terms and conditions governing their relationship with payment system providers; (viii) monetary and credit policies; and (ix) such other factors as may be considered relevant by the Reserve Bank. (2) An authorisation issued under sub-section (1) shall be in such form as may be prescribed and shall (a) state the date on which it takes effect; (b) state the conditions subject to which the authorisation shall be in force; (c) indicate the payment of fees, if any, to be paid for the authorisation to be in force; (d) if it considers necessary, require the applicant to furnish such security for the proper conduct of the payment system under the provisions of this Act; (e) continue to be in force till the authorisation is revoked. (3) Where the Reserve Bank considers that the application for authorisation should be refused, it shall give the applicant a written notice to that effect stating the reasons for the refusal: Provided that no such application shall be refused unless the applicant is given a reasonable opportunity of being heard. (4) Every application for authorisation shall be processed by the Reserve Bank as soon as possible and an endeavour.....

Payment and Settlement Systems Act 2007 Section 4

Title: Payment System Not to Operate Without Authorisation

State: Central

Year: 2007

.....within such period, the operator of such payment system obtains an authorisation under this Act or the application for authorisation made under section 7 of this Act is refused by the Reserve Bank; (b) any person acting as the duly appointed agent of another person to whom the payment is due; (c) a company accepting payments either from its holding company or any of its subsidiary companies or from any other company which is also a subsidiary of the same holding company; (d) any other person whom the Reserve Bank may, after considering the interests of monetary policy or efficient operation of payment systems, the size of any payment system or for any other reason, by notification, exempt from the provisions of this section. (2) The Reserve Bank may, under sub-section (1) of this section, authorise a company or corporation to operate or regulate the existing clearing houses or new clearing houses of banks in order to have a common retail clearing house system for the banks throughout the country: Provided, however, that not less than fifty-one per cent. of the equity of such company or corporation shall be held by public sector banks. Explanation. For the.....

Payment and Settlement Systems Act 2007 Chapter I

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 2007

.....as defined in clause (c) of section 5 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949(10 of 1949); (iv) a co-operative bank as defined in clause (cci) of section 5, as inserted by section 56, of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949(10 of 1949); and (v) such other bank as the Reserve Bank may, by notification, specify for the purposes of this Act; (b) "derivative" means an instrument, to be settled at a future date, whose value is derived from change in interest rate, foreign exchange rate, credit rating or credit index, price of securities (also called "underlying"), or any other underlying or a combination of more than one of them and includes interest rate swaps, forward rate agreements, foreign currency swaps, foreign currency rupee swaps, foreign currency options, foreign currency rupee options or any other instrument, as may be specified by the Reserve Bank from time to time; (c) "electronic funds transfer" means any transfer of funds which is initiated by a person by way of instruction, authorisation or order to a bank to debit or credit an account maintained with that bank through electronic means and includes point of sale transfers, automated teller machine transactions,.....

Payment and Settlement Systems Act 2007 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 2007

.....as defined in clause (c) of section 5 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949(10 of 1949); (iv) a co-operative bank as defined in clause (cci) of section 5, as inserted by section 56, of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949(10 of 1949); and (v) such other bank as the Reserve Bank may, by notification, specify for the purposes of this Act; (b) "derivative" means an instrument, to be settled at a future date, whose value is derived from change in interest rate, foreign exchange rate, credit rating or credit index, price of securities (also called "underlying"), or any other underlying or a combination of more than one of them and includes interest rate swaps, forward rate agreements, foreign currency swaps, foreign currency rupee swaps, foreign currency options, foreign currency rupee options or any other instrument, as may be specified by the Reserve Bank from time to time; (c) "electronic funds transfer" means any transfer of funds which is initiated by a person by way of instruction, authorisation or order to a bank to debit or credit an account maintained with that bank through electronic means and includes point of sale transfers, automated teller machine transactions,.....

Payment and Settlement Systems Act 2007 Chapter VIII

Title: Miscellaneous

State: Central

Year: 2007

.....section, "defaulter" means any person or system provider or system participant on whom the Reserve Bank has imposed a penalty under section 30. Section 34 - Act not to apply to stock exchanges or clearing corporations of stock exchanges Nothing contained in this Act shall apply to stock exchanges or the clearing corporations of the stock exchanges. Section 35 - Certain persons deemed to be public servants Every officer of the Reserve Bank who has been entrusted with any power under this Act, shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code(45 of 1860). Section 36 - Protection of action taken in good faith No suit or other legal proceedings shall lie against the Central Government, the Reserve Bank, or any officer thereof for any damage caused or likely to be caused by anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act, any regulations, order or direction made or given thereunder. Section 37 - Power of Reserve Bank to make regulations (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Central Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette,.....