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Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....in 1867, 1882andagain in 1893and 1896 but all these attempts failed owing to legal and constitutional difficulties.Two of the principal contributory factors were the then limited powers of the Indian Legislature to legislate regarding shipping and the fact that part of the British Statute law on the subject, including parts of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, which is the principal United-Kingdom enactment on the subject, applied to Indian and any Indian enactment had to be in legal harmony with that law. A fresh attempt was made in 1921-22 to codify the Indian law on merchant shipping by the Statute Law Revision Committee, which decided that only consolidation, and not revision should be attempted immediately. The result was the Indian Merchant Shipping Act, 1923, which is now on the Statute Book and which consolidated some 21 existing Indian Acts on the subject. This Act has also been amended from time to time, the two major amendments being those made in 1933 and in 1953 so as to take power to implement the provisions of the international conventions with respect to load lines, 1930, and with respect to safety of life at sea, 1948, respectively, which have been ratified by.....

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Part VII

Title: Seamen and Apprentices

State: Central

Year: 1958

..... (4) Every such contract made in India and every assignment, alteration or cancellation thereof, and where the apprentice bound dies or deserts the fact of the death or desertion shall be recorded in the manner specified in section 93. Section 93 - Manner in which contract is to be recorded For the purpose of the record (a) the master or owner of the ship to whom an apprentice to the sea service is bound shall transmit the contract executed in duplicate within seven days of the execution thereof, to the shipping master, who shall record one copy and endorse on the other the fact that it has been recorded and redeliver it to the master or owner; (b) the master or owner shall notify any assignment or cancellation of the contract and the death or desertion of the apprentice to the shipping master, within seven days of the occurrence, if it occurs within India, or as soon as circumstances permit, if it occurs elsewhere. Section 94 - Production of contracts to authorised person before voyage in ship (1) The master of a ship shall, before carrying an apprentice to sea from a port in India, cause the apprentice to appear before the shipping master before whom the crew are.....

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Part VIII

Title: Passenger Ships

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....stating the circumstances of the case and the total amount of the expenses shall be prima facie evidence of the amount of the expenses and of the facts that the same were duly incurred. Section 252 - Ship not to make voyage in contravention of contract The master, owner or agent of1[a special trade passenger ship] or a pilgrim ship shall not, otherwise than by reason of perils of the sea or other unavoidable accident, allow the ship to touch at any port or place in contravention of any express or implied contract or engagement with the2[special trade passengers] or pilgrims with respect to the voyage which the ship was to make and the time which that voyage was to occupy, whether the contract or engagement was made by public advertisement or otherwise. _______________________ 1. Substituted for the words "an unberthed passenger ship" by the Merchant Shipping (Amdt.) Act, 1976 (69 of 1976), Section 2. 2. Substituted for the words "unberthed passengers" by the Merchant Shipping (Amdt.) Act, 1976 (69 of 1976), Section 2. Section 253 - Information to be sent to ports of embarkation and discharge (1) The officer appointed by the Central Government in this behalf at.....

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Section 164

Title: Provisions as to Taking Distressed Seamen on Ships

State: Central

Year: 1958

(1) Where a distressed seaman is for the purpose of his return to a proper return port placed on board an Indian ship, the Indian consular officer by whom the seaman is so placed shall endorse on the agreement with the crew of the ship particulars of the seaman so placed on board. (2) On the production of a certificate signed by the Indian consular officer by whose directions any such distressed seamen were received on board, specifying the number and names of the distressed seamen and the time when each of them was received on board, and on a declaration made by the master stating the number of days during which each distressed seaman has received subsistence and stating the full complement of his crew and the actual number of seamen employed on board his ship and every variation in that number, whilst the distressed seamen received maintenance, the master shall be entitled to be paid in respect of the subsistence and passage of every seaman so conveyed and provided for by him, exceeding the number, if any, wanted to make up the complement of his crew, such sum for each day as the Central Government may by rules made in this behalf allow.

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Section 259

Title: Certain Ships to Carry Medical Officer and Attendants

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....of pilgrims and crew carried exceeds one thousand, a second medical officer similarly qualified and also in all cases such medical attendants as may be prescribed. (b) A medical officer of every pilgrim ship shall perform such duties and functions, keep such diaries and submit such reports or other returns as may be prescribed. (c) No medical officer or attendant on a pilgrim ship shall charge any pilgrim on such ship for his services.] _______________________ 1. Substituted for the words "unberthed passengers" by the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 1976 (69 of 1976), Section 2. 2. Inserted by Merchant Shipping Amendment) Act, 1976 (69 of 1976), Section 13 (1-12-1976).

Bombay Motor Vehicles (Taxation of Passengers) Act, 1958 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1958

.....as municipal authorities be prescribed, .until the returns ate submitted: Provided that the Tax Officer may, if the operator proves to his satisfaction that the failure to submit the returns referred to in clause (b) was not deliberate, exempt the stage carriage from the operation of that clause. SECTION 10A: REFUND OF EXCESS PAYMENT 1The Tax Officer shall refund to an operator in such manner as may be prescribed the amount of tax and penalty (if any) paid by such operator in excess of the amount due from him. The refund may be either by cash payment or, at the option of the operator, by deduction of such excess from the amount of tax and penalty (if any) due in respect of any other period: Provided that , the Tax Officer shall first apply such excess towards the recovery of any amount due in respect of which a notice under subsection (1) of section 9 has been served on the operator, and shall then refund the balance (if any)] SECTION 11: APPEAL AGAINST DEMAND. (1) Any operator objecting to a notice of demand served on him under section 9 may, within thirty days of the service thereof, appeal to the prescribed authority: Provided that no appeal shall be entertained unless.....

The Adamas University Act, 2014 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 2014

.....financial institutions including nationalized banks or from any other source, or to receive loans, subsidies, grants, assistance, donations, benefactions, bequests and to transfer of movable and immovable properties, for the purposes and objects of the University in such manner as may be provided for by the Regulations; (xv) to establish, maintain and manage halls and hostels for the use and residence of the students; (xvi) to supervise and control the residence and regulate the discipline of the students of the University and to make arrangements for promoting their health, general welfare and cultural activities; (xvii) to fix, demand, receive and recover fees and such other charges as may be provided for by the Regulations; (xviii) to institute and award fellowships, scholarships, prizes, medals and other awards; (xix) to purchase or to take on lease or accept as gifts or otherwise any land, or building or works or any other movable or immovable property which may be necessary or expedient for the purpose of the University and for its expansion and on such terms and conditions as it may deem fit and proper and to construct or alter and maintain any such building or.....

The Seacom Skills University Act, 2014 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 2014

.....or international financial institutions including nationalized banks or from any other source, loans, subsidies, grants, assistance, donations, benefactions, bequests and to transfer of movable and immovable properties, for the purposes and objects of the University as may be decided by the Board; (xv) to establish, maintain and manage halls and hostels for the residence of the students; (xvi) to supervise and control the residence and regulate the discipline of students of the University and to make arrangements for promoting their health, general welfare, and cultural activities; (xvii) to fix, demand and receive and recover fees and such other charges as may be provided by the Universitys regulations for the purpose of this Act; (xviii) to institute and award fellowships, scholarships, prizes, medals and other awards; (xix) to purchase or to take on lease or accept as gifts or otherwise any land, or building or works or any other movable or immovable property which may be necessary or expedient for the purpose of the University and for its expansion and on such terms and conditions as it may deem fit and proper and to construct or alter and maintain any such building or.....

Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation Ofproduction, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1992 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1992

.....any method of encouraging any person to purchase or use infant milk substitute, feeding bottle or infant food.] (2) Any reference in this Act to any other enactment or any provision thereof, shall, in relation to an area in which such enactment or such provision is not in force, be construed as a reference to the corresponding law or the relevant provision of the corresponding law, if any, if force in that area. ____________________________ 1. Substituted by the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Amendment Act, 2003 (38 of 2003). Prior to substitution it read as under : "(a) "advertisement" includes any notice, circular, label, wrapper and other documents and also includes any visible representation or announcement made by means of any light, sound, smoke or gas;" 2. Substituted for "but does not include a pharmacy or drug store" by the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Amendment Act, 2003 (38 of 2003). 3. Substituted for "after the age of four months" by the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant.....

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Section 162

Title: Mode of Providing for Return of Seamen to Proper Return Port

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....other of these modes. (2) Provision shall be made for the return of the seaman as to the whole of the route if it is by sea or as to any part of the route which is by sea by placing the seaman on board an Indian ship which is in want of men to make up its complement, or, if that is not practicable, by providing the seaman with a passage in any ship, Indian or foreign, or with the money for his passage and, as to any part of the route which is by land or air, by paying the expenses of his journey and of his maintenance during the journey or providing him with means to pay those expenses, (3) Where the master of a ship is required under this Part to provide for the return of a discharged seaman to a proper return port, the master may, instead of providing the seaman's passage or the expenses of his journey or of providing the seaman with means to pay his passage or those expenses, deposit with the proper officer such sum as that officer considers sufficient to defray the expenses of the return of the seaman to a proper return port.