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Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 14

Title : Free Consent Defined

State : Central

Year : 1872

Consent is said to be free when it is not caused by (1) coercion, as defined in section 15, or (2) undue influence, as defined in section 16, or (3) fraud, as defined in section 17, or (4) misrepresentation, as defined in section 18, or (5) mistake, subject to the provisions of sections 20, 21 and 22. Consent is said to be so caused when it would not have been given but for the existence of such coercion, undue influence, fraud, misrepresentation or mistake.

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New Delhi Municipal Council Act 1994 Section 209

Title : Defining the Regular Line of Streets

State : Central

Year : 1994

.....wall or portion thereof, the Chairperson fails to take steps to acquire the land within the regular line of the street in the accordance with section 212, then that person may, subject to any other provisions of this Act and the bye-laws made thereunder, proceed with the work of construction or reconstruction of such boundary wall or portion thereof. (4) When the Chairperson grants permission for the construction or reconstruction of any building or any boundary wall or other structure within the regular line of a street, he may require the owner of the building to execute an agreement binding himself and his successors-in-interest not to claim compensation in the event of the Chairperson at any time thereafter calling upon him or any of his successors by written notice to remove any work carried out in pursuance of such permission and to pay the expenses of such removal if, in default, such removal is carried out by the Chairperson and may for that purpose require such owner to deposit in the New Delhi Municipal Fund such sum as may be determined by him. (5) The Chairperson shall maintain-- (a) a register containing such particulars as may be specified by him in.....

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Bombay Prevention of Gambling Act, 1887, (Maharashtra) Section 3

Title : " Gaming " Defined

State : Maharashtra

Year : 1887

.....which the licensee of the race-course, on which such race is to be run, has set apart for the purpose under the terms of the licence issued under section 4 of the Bombay Race-Courses Licensing Act, 1912(Bom. III of 1912)3, 4[or as the case may be, of the Maharashtra Dog Race-Courses Licensing Act, 1976 (Mah. XX-XIII of 1976.)] in respect of such race-course 5[or in any other place approved by the State Government in this behalf,] and 6[(c) between any individual in person, being present in the enclosure 7[ or approved place ] on the one hand,, and such licensee or other person licensed by such licensee in terms of the aforesaid licence on the other hand 8[ or between any number of individuals in person in such manner and by such contrivance as may be permitted by such licence; but does not include a lottery. Any transaction by which a person in any capacity whatever employs another in any capacity whatever or engages for another in any capacity whatever to wager or bet whether with such licensee or with any other person shall be deemed to be " gaming ": Provided, nevertheless, that such licensee may employ servants, and persons may accept service with such licensee, or.....

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Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 Section 22

Title : Professional or Other Misconduct Defined

State : Central

Year : 1949

2[22. Professional or other misconduct defined.-- For the purposes of this Act, the expression "professional or other misconduct" shall be deemed to include any act or omission provided in any of the Schedules, but nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or abridge in any way the power conferred or duty cast on the Director (Discipline) under sub-section (1) of section 21 to inquire into the conduct of any member of the Institute under any other circumstances. ________________________ 1. Footnote under Section 21. 2. Substituted by the Chartered Accountants (Amendment) Act, 2006, dated 22nd March, 2006. Prior to substitution, it read as under:- "122. Professional misconduct defined.-- For the purposes of this Act, the expression "professional misconduct "shall be deemed to include any act or omission specified in any of the Schedules, but nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or abridge in any way the power conferred or duty cast on the Council under sub-section (1) of Section 21 to inquire into the conduct of any member of the Institute under any other circumstances."

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Company Secretaries Act 1980 Section 22

Title : Professional or Other Misconduct Defined

State : Central

Year : 1980

1[Section 22 - Professional or other misconduct defined For the purposes of this Act, the expression "professional or other misconduct" shall be deemed to include any act or omission provided in any of the Schedules, but nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or abridge in any way the power conferred or duty cast on the Director (Discipline) under sub-section (1) of section 21 to inquire into the conduct of any member of the Institute under any other circumstances.] _____________________________ 1.Substituted by the Company Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 2006. Prior to substitution, it read as under: " SECTION 22 - Professional misconduct defined For the purposes of this Act, the expression "professional misconduct" shall be deemed to include any or omission specified in any of the Schedules, but nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or abridge in any way the power conferred or duty cast on the Council under sub-section (1) of section 21 to inquire into the conduct of any member of the Institute under any other circumstances."

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Income Tax Act, 1961 Section 3

Title : "previous Year" Defined

State : Central

Year : 1961

.....effect from 1st April, 2000. Prior to substitution, section 3 stood as under : 3. "Previous year" defined. (1) Save as otherwise provided in this section, "previous year" for the purposes of this Act, means the financial year immediately preceding the assessment year : Provided that, in the case of a business or profession newly set-up, or a source of income newly coming into existence, in the said financial year, the previous year shall be the period beginning with the date of setting up of the business or profession or, as the case may be, the date on which the source of income newly comes into existence and ending with the said financial year. (2) Previous year, in relation to the assessment year, commencing on the 1st day of April, 1989, means the period which begins with the date immediately following the last day of the previous year relevant to the assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1988 and ends on the 31st day of March, 1989 : Provided that where the assessee has adopted more than one period as the previous year in relation to the assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 1988 for different sources of his income, the previous year in.....

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Income Tax Act, 1961 Section 17

Title : "salary", "perquisite" and "profits in Lieu of Salary" Defined

State : Central

Year : 1961

.....rule 6 of Part A of the Fourth Schedule; and (vii) the aggregate of all sums that are comprised in the transferred balance as referred to in sub-rule (2) of rule 11 of Part A of the Fourth Schedule of an employee participating in a recognised provident fund, to the extent to which it is chargeable to tax under sub-rule (4) thereof; 1[(viii) the contribution made by the 2[Central Government or any other employer] in the previous year, to the account of an employee under a pension scheme referred to in section 80CCD;] (2) 3perquisite includes (i) the value of rent-free accommodation provided to the assessee by his employer; (ii) the value of any concession in the matter of rent respecting any accommodation provided to the assessee by his employer; 4[Explanation 1: For the purposes of this sub-clause, concession in the matter of rent shall be deemed to have been provided if, 5[(a) in a case where an unfurnished accommodation is provided by any employer other than Central Government or any State Government and - (i) the accommodation is owned by the employer, the value of the accommodation determined at the specified rate in respect of the period during which the.....

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Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959 Section 22

Title : Professional or Other Misconduct Defined

State : Central

Year : 1959

1 [Section 22 - Professional or other misconduct defined For the purposes of this Act, the expression "professional or other misconduct" shall be deemed to include any act or omission provided in any of the Schedules but nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or abridge in any way the power conferred or duty cast on the Director (Discipline) under sub-section (1) of section 21 to inquire into the conduct of any member of the Institute under any other circumstances.]. ____________________________ 1. Section 22 substituted by the Cost and Works Accountants (Amendment) Act, 2006.

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Municipal Taxation Act, 1881 Section 2

Title : Municipal Committee Defined

State : Central

Year : 1881

In this Act " Municipal Committee" {For the purposes of this Act, every Cantonment Board as defined in the Cantonments Act, 1924 (2 of 1924), is deemed to be a Municipal Committee; see s.97 of that Act.} includes a Municipal Corporation or a body of Municipal Commissioners constituted by or under the provisions of any enactment for the time being in force.

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Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 16

Title : Undue Influence Defined

State : Central

Year : 1872

.....sum for his professional services, B employs undue influence. (c) A, being in debt to B, the money-lender of his village, contracts a fresh loan on terms which appear to be unconscionable. It lies on B to prove that the contract was not induced by undue influence. (d) A applies to a banker for a loan at a time when there is stringency in the money market. The banker declines to make the loan except at an unusually high rate of interest. A accepts the loan on these terms. This is a transaction in the ordinary course of business, and the contract is not induced by undue influence.] ______________________ 1.Substituted by Act 6 of 1899, section 2, for the original section 16.

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