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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....(2) of Section 5, for the words 'but subject to any enactment', substitute the words 'but, save as otherwise provided by this Code, subject to any enactment'. [W.B. Act 8 of 1970, Section 3 and Sch., item 2]. (1) All offences under the Indian Penal Code shall be investigated, inquired into, tried and otherwise dealt with according to the provisions hereinafter contained. Trial of offences against other laws (2) All offences under any other law shall be investigated, inquired into, tried, and otherwise dealt with according to the same provisions, but subject to any enactment for the time being in force regulating the manner or place of investigating, inquiring into, trying or otherwise dealing with such offences. PART 2 CONSTITUTION AND POWERS OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES: CHAPTER 2: OF THE CONSTITUTION OF CRIMINAL COURTS AND OFFICES: SECTION 6: Glasses of Criminal Courts: Besides the High Courts and the Courts constituted under any law other than this Code for the time being in force, there shall be five classes of Criminal Courts in [India], namely,- : State Amendments GUJARAT.-In its application to the State of Gujarat the amendment made in Section 6 is the.....

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Chapter 7

Title: Processes to Compel the Production of Things

State: Central

Year: 1973

.....may be issued (1) (a) Where any Court has reason to believe that a person to whom a summons or order under section 91 or a requisition under sub-section (1) of section 92 has been, or might be, addressed, will not or would not produce the document or thing as required by such summons or requisition, or (b) where such document or thing is not known to the Court to be in the possession of any person, or (c) where the Court considers that the purposes of any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under this Code will be served by a general search or inspection, it may issue a search-warrant; and the person to whom such warrant is directed, may search or inspect in accordance therewith and the provisions hereinafter contained. (2) The Court may, if it thinks fit, specify in the warrant the particular place or part thereof to which only the search or inspection shall extend; and the person charged with the execution of such warrant shall then search or inspect only the place or part so specified. (3) Nothing contained in this section shall authorise any Magistrate other than a District Magistrate or Chief Judicial Magistrate to grant a warrant to search for a document,.....

Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 94

Title: Act to Which a Person is Compelled by Threats

State: Central

Year: 1860

Except murder, and offences against the State punishable with death, nothing is an offence which is done by a person who is compelled to do it by threats, which, at me time of doing it, reasonably cause the apprehension that instant death to that person will otherwise be the consequence: Provided the person doing the act did not of his own accord, or from a reasonable apprehension of harm to himself short of instant death, place himself in the situation by which he became subject to such constraint. Explanation 1.--A person who, of his own accord, or by reason of a threat of being beaten, joins a gang of dacoits, knowing their character, is not entitled to the benefit of this exception, on the ground of his having been compelled by his associates to do anything that is an offence by law. Explanation 2.--A person seized by a gang of dacoits, and forced, by threat of instant death, to do a thing which is an offence by law; for example, a smith compelled to take his tools and to force the door of a house for the dacoits to enter and plunder it, is entitled to the benefit of this exception.

The Public Premises (Eviction Of Unauthorised Occupants) Amendments Act, 2015 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2015

.....appoint. Amendment of section 2. 2. In the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act,1971 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in section 2, in clause (e), in sub-clause (2), (A) in item (i), for the words and figures "the Companies Act, 1956", the words and figures "the Companies Act, 2013" shall be substituted; (B) in item (ii), for the words and figures "the Companies Act, 1956", the words and figures "the Companies Act, 2013" shall be substituted; (C) for item (iii), the following items shall be substituted, namely: (iii) any company as defined in clause (20) of section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013 in which not less than fifty-one per cent. of the paid up capital is held partly by the Central Government and partly by one or more State Governments and includes a company which is a subsidiary (within the meaning of that Act) of the first-mentioned company and which carries on the business of public transport including metro railway. Explanation. For the purposes of this item, "metro railway" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (i) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Act,.....

Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 43

Title: Any One of Joint Promisors May Be Compelled to Perform

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....D the sum of 3,000 rupees. C is compelled to pay the whole. A is insolvent, but his assets are sufficient to pay one-half of his debts. C is entitled to receive 500 rupees from A's estate, and 1,250 rupees from B. (c) A, B and C are under a joint promise to pay D 3,000 rupees. C is unable to pay anything, and A is compelled to pay the whole. A is entitled to receive 1,500 rupees from B. (d) A, B and C are under a joint promise to pay D 3,000 rupees, A and B being only sureties for C. C fails to pay. A and B are compelled to pay the whole sum. They are entitled to recover it from C. ______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 12 of 1891, section 2 and Schedule II Pt. I for "one".

The Commercial Courts, Commercial Division &Amp; Commercial Appellate Division Of High Courts Act, 2015 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2015

.....APPELLATE DIVISION OF HIGH COURTS ACT, 2015 THE COMMERCIAL COURTS, COMMERCIAL DIVISION & COMMERCIAL APPELLATE DIVISION OF HIGH COURTS ACT, 2015 NO. 4 OF 2016 An Act to provide for the constitution of Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division in the High Courts for adjudicating commercial disputes of specified value and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows: CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY Short title, extent and commencement. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts Act, 2015. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 23rd day of October, 2015. Definitions. 2. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) Commercial Appellate Division means the Commercial Appellate Division in a High Court constituted under sub-section (1) of section 5; (b) Commercial Court means the Commercial Court constituted under sub-section (1) of section 3; (c) commercial dispute .....

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Chapter 6

Title: Processes to Compel Appearance

State: Central

Year: 1973

.....sign a receipt therefor on the back of the other duplicate. Explanation.A servant is not a member of the family within the meaning of this section. Section 65 - Procedure when service cannot be effected as before provided If service cannot by the exercise of due diligence be effected as provided in section 62, section 63 or section 64, the serving officer shall affix one of the duplicates of the summons to some conspicuous part of the house or homestead in which the person summoned ordinarily resides; and thereupon the Court, after making such inquiries as it thinks fit, may either declare that the summons has been duly served or order fresh service in such manner as it considers proper. Section 66 - Service on Government servant (1) Where the person summoned is in the active service of the Government, the Court issuing the summons shall ordinarily send it in duplicate to the head of the office in which such person is employed; and such head shall thereupon cause the summons to be served in the manner provided by section 62, and shall return it to the Court under his signature with the endorsement required by that section. (2) Such signature shall be.....

West Bengal Government Land (Regulation of Transfer) Act, 1993 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1993

.....or in any decree or order of any court, tribunal or other authority, nothing contained in the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, or the Indian Contract Act, 1872, or the West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1956, shall apply, or shall be deemed ever to have applied, to any transfer of Government land to a lessee, either by lease or by any other instrument, by or on behalf of the State Government, and such transfer of Government land shall take effect, and shall be deemed always to have taken effect, as if the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, or the Indian Contract Act, 1872, or the West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1956, has not been passed. Section 4 Bar to registration of document Notwithstanding anything contained in the Registration Act, 1908, no registering officer shall register any document relating to the transfer of Government land, held by any lessee on lease, in favour of any person, not being the State Government or a Government undertaking, except with the permission granted by the competent authority in writing in this behalf. Section 5 Permission by competent authority to be valid notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Act or in any other law .....

The Meghalaya Coperative Societies (Amendment) Act, 2003 Complete Act

State: Meghalaya

Year: 2003

.....(AMENDMENT) ACT, 2003 THE MEGHALAYA COPERATIVE SOCIETIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2003 A ACT further to amend the Meghalaya Cooperative Societies Act( Assam Act I of 1950 as adapted by Meghalaya) Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Meghalaya in the Fifty fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- Short title and commencement 1. (1) This Act may be called the Meghalaya Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Act, 2003. (2) It shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. Amendment of Preamble 2. In the preamble to the Meghalaya Co-operative Societies Act (Assam Act I of 1950 as adapted by Meghalaya) (herein after referred to as the principal Act)- (a) in fourth line between the words "Worthiness" and "among agriculturist", the words "and entrepreneurship" shall be inserted; (b) in the fifth line between the words "artisans" and "other persons", the words "craftsmen, rural worker" shall be inserted. Amendment of Section 2. 3. In section 2 of the principal Act - (i) for clause (a), the following shall be substituted, namely, - "(a) Administrative Council or Board of Directors" means a body intermediary.....

Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 330

Title: Voluntarily Causing Hurt to Extort Confession, or to Compel Restoration of Property

State: Central

Year: 1860

.....information which may lead to the restoration of any property or valuable security, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also he liable to fine. Illustrations (a) A, a police-officer, tortures Z in order to induce Z to confess that he committed a crime. A is guilty of an offence under this section. (b) A, a police-officer, tortures B to induce him to point out where certain stolen property is deposited. A is guilty of an offence under this section. (c) A, a revenue officer, tortures Z in order to compel him to pay certain arrears of revenue due from Z, A is guilty of an offence under this section. (d) A, a zamindar, tortures a raiyat in order to compel him to pay his rent. A is guilty of an offence under this section.