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Hindu Succession Act, 1956 Section 12

Title: Order of Succession Among Agnates and Cognates

State: Central

Year: 1956

The order of succession among agnates or cognates, as the case may be, shall be determined in accordance with the rules of preference laid down hereunder: Rule 1.Of two heirs, the one who has fewer or no degrees of ascent is preferred. Rule 2.Where the number of degrees of ascent is the same or none, that heir is preferred who has fewer or no degrees of descent. Rule 3.Where neither heirs is entitled to be preferred to the other under Rule 1 or Rule 2 they take simultaneously.

West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1993

.....epidemic, endemic, or infectious disease which the State Government may, by notification, declare to be a dangerous disease for the purposes of this Act; 44. Clause (15A) ins, by W.B. Act 45 of 1994. (15A) "District Magistrate" means the District Magistrate referred to in sub-section (1) of S.20 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; 55. Clauses (15B) and (15C) ins. by W.B. Act 32 of 1997. (15B) "District Planning Committee" means the District Planning Committee constituted under sub-section (1) of S.3 of the West Bengal District Planning Committee Act, 1994, and includes the Siliguri Sub-Division Planning Committee; 55. Clauses (15B) and (15C) ins. by W.B. Act 32 of 1997. (15C) "Draft Development Plan" means the Draft Development Plan prepared under section 297; (16) "drain" includes a sewer, a house-drain, a drain of any other description, a tunnel, a culvert, a ditch, a channel and any other device for carrying of sullage, sewage, offensive matter, polluted water, rain-water or subsoil water; (17) "drug" means any substance used as medicine or in the composition or preparation of medicines, whether for internal or external use, but does not include a drug within the.....

Hindu Succession Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....may be coiled the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. SECTION 02: APPLICATION OF ACT (1) This Act applies- (a) to any person, who is a Hindu by religion in any of its forms or developments including a Virashaiva, a Lingayat or a follower of the Brahmo, Prarthana or Arya Samaj, (b) to any person who is a Buddhist, Jaina or Sikh by religion, and (c) to any other person who is not a Muslim, Christian, Parsi or Jew by religion, unless it is proved that any such person would not have been governed by the Hindu law or by any custom or usage as part of that law in respect of any of the matters dealt with herein if this Act had not been passed. Explanation: The following persons are Hindus, Buddhists, Jainas or Sikhs by religion, as the case may be:- (a) any child, legitimate or illegitimate, both of whose parents are Hindus, Buddhists, Jainas or Sikhs by religion; (b) any child, legitimate or illegitimate, one of whose parents is a Hindu, Buddhist, Jaina or Sikh by religion and who is brought up as a member of the tribe, community, group or family to which such parent belongs or belonged; (c) any person who is a convert.....

The Assam Value Added Tax Act, 2003 Complete Act

State: Assam

Year: 2003

.....for carrying out the purposes of the Act; (11) "company" and "director" shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Companies Act. 1956; (Central Act 1 of 1958) (12) "contractee" means any person for whom or for whose benefit a works contract is executed; (13) "contractor" means any person who executes a works contract and includes a sub-contractor; (14) "to cultivate personally" with all its grammatical variations and cognate expressions means to carry on any agricultural operation on one's own account,- (i) by one's own labour, or (ii) by the labour of one's family, or (iii) by servants on wages payable in cash or kind (but not in crop share), or by hired labour under one's personal supervision or the personal supervision of any member of one's family. Explanation I.- A widow or a minor, or a person who is subject to any physical or mental disability or is a serving member of the armed forces of the Union, shall be deemed to cultivate land personally if it is cultivated by her or his servants or by hired labour. Explanation II.- In the case of a Hindu Undivided Family, land shall be deemed to be cultivated personally, if it is cultivated by.....

Hindu Succession Act, 1956 Chapter II

Title: Intestate Succession

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....the rule of pious obligation in the same manner and to the same extent as it would have been enforceable as if the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 had not been enacted. Explanation.--For the purposes of clause (a), the expression "son", "grandson" or "great-grandson" shall be deemed to refer to the son, grandson or great-grandson, as the case may be, who was born or adopted prior to the commencement of the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005. (5) Nothing contained in this section shall apply to a partition, which has been effected before the 20th day of December,2004 Explanation- For the purposes of this section "partition" means any partition made by execution of a deed of partition duly registered under the Registration Act, 1908 or partition effected by a decree of a court.] ________________________________ 1. Substituted vide Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005. Previous text was When a male Hindu dies after the commencement of this Act, having at the time of his death an interest in a Mitakshara coparceners property, his interest in the property shall devolve by survivorship upon the surviving members of the coparceners and not in accordance with.....

The Madras General Clauses Act, 1891 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1891

THE MADRAS GENERAL CLAUSES ACT, 1891 THE MADRAS GENERAL CLAUSES ACT, 1891 [Act No. 1 of 1891] PREAMBLE An Act for further shortening the language used in ( Substituted by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937.) [Madras Acts] and for other purpose. Whereas it is expedient to further shorten the language used in [Madras Acts made] and to make certain further provisions relating to those Acts. It is hereby enacted as follows.- Section 1 - Short title (a) This Act may be called The Madras General Clauses Act, 1891; and (b) It shall come into force on the first day of January, 1892. Section 2 - Section 2 Notwithstanding anything contained in the Madras General Clauses Act. 1867, the provisions of that Act shall not apply to this Act or to any (Madras Act) which may be passed subsequent to the commencement of this Act. Section 3 - Definitions In this Act and in every (Madras Act made) after the commencement of this Act, unless there be something repugnant in the subject or context.- (1) "Abet".- "abet" with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, shall have the same meaning as in the Indian Penal Code. (2).....

Cigarettes (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1975 [Repealed] Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1975

.....in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution, and includes any dialect of such language; (h) "label" means any written, marked, stamped, printed or graphic matter, affixed to, or appearing upon, any package; (i) "package" includes a box, carton, tin or other container; (j) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (k) "production", with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions; includes- (i) packing, labelling, re-labelling, of containers, (ii) re-packing from bulk packages to retail packages, and (iii) the adoption of any other method to render the product marketable; (l) "sale," with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means any transfer of property in goods by one person to another whether for cash or on credit, or by way of exchange, and whether wholesale or retail, and includes an agreement for sale, an offer for sale and exposure for sale; (m) "specified warning' means the following warning, namely, "Cigarette smoking is injurious to health."

Cigarettes (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1975 [Repealed] Repealing Act 1

Title: Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003

State: Central

Year: 1975

.....the Central Government or the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, authorise one or more persons who shall be competent to act under this Act: Provided that the person so authorised may, if he has reasonable ground for believing that any person has committed an offence under section 4 or section 6, may detain such person unless the accused person furnishes his name and address, and otherwise satisfies the officer detaining him that he will duly answer any summons or other proceedings which may be taken against him. (2) Any person detained under sub-section (1) shall forthwith be taken before Magistrate to be dealt with according to law. (3) Any person committing an offence under section 4 or section 6 shall be triable for such offence in any place in which he may be or which the State Government may notify in this behalf, as well as in any other place in which he is liable to be tried under any law for the time being in force. (4) Every notification issued under sub-sections (1) and (3) shall be published in the Official Gazette, and a copy thereof shall be exhibited for information to the public in some conspicuous place or places as the State.....

Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 Part I

Title: Provisions Applicable to Every Part

State: Central

Year: 1976

.....carried on, and also includes any measuring instrument mounted on a vehicle, vessel or other mobile device; (s) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act and "prescribed authority" means such authority as may be specified by such rules; (t) "reference standard" means the set of standard weight or measure which is made or manufactured by or on behalf of the Central Government for the verification of any secondary standard; (u) "repairer" includes a person who adjusts, cleans, lubricates or paints any weight or measure or renders any other service to such weight or measure to ensure that such weight or measure conforms to the standards established by or under this Act; (v) "sale", with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means transfer of property in any weight, measure or other goods by one person to another for cash or for deferred payment or for any other valuable consideration, and includes a transfer of any weight, measure or other goods on the hire-purchase system or any other system of payment by instalments, but does not include a mortgage or hypothecation of, or a charge or pledge on, such weight, measure or other goods; (w).....

Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1976

.....on behalf of any principal, (ii) an importer who sells, supplies, distributes or otherwise delivers any weight or measure to any user, manufacturer, repairer, consumer or any other person, but does not include a manufacturer who sells, supplies, distributes or otherwise delivers any weight or measure to any person or category of persons referred to in this clause. Explanation.For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that a manufacturer, who sells, supplies, distributes or otherwise delivers any weight or measure to any person other than a dealer, shall be deemed to be a dealer; (d) "Director" means the Director of Legal Metrology appointed under section 28; (e) "export" with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means taking out of India to a place outside India; (f) "false package" means any package which does not conform to the provisions of this Act or any rule or order made thereunder in relation to such package; (g) "false weight or measure" means any weight or measure which does not conform to the standards established by or under this Act in relation to that weight or measure; (h) "General Conference on Weights and Measures".....