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Wealth-tax Act, 1957 Section 34B

Title: Transfers to Defraud Revenue to Be Void

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....after the completion thereof, but before the service of notice under rule 2 of the Second Schedule to the Income-tax Act as made applicable to this Act by section 32, any assessee creates a charge on, or parts with (by way of sale, mortgage gift, exchange or any other mode of transfer whatsoever) the possession of any of his assets in favour of any other person, such charge or transfer shall be void as against any claim in respect of any tax or any other sum payable by the assessee as a result of the completion of the proceeding or otherwise: Provided that such charge or transfer shall not be void, if it is made - (i) for adequate consideration and without notice of the pendency of such proceeding or, as the case may be, without notice "of such tax or other sum payable by the assessee; or (ii) with the previous permission of the2[Assessing Officer]. (2) This section applies to cases where the amount of tax or other sum payable or likely to be payable exceeds] five thousand rupees and the assets charged or transferred exceed ten thousand rupees in value. Explanation. -In this section, "assets" means land, building, machinery, plant, shares,securities and fixed deposits.....

Indian Stamp Act, 1899 Section 68

Title: Penalty for Post-dating Bills, and for Other Devices to Defraud the Revenue

State: Central

Year: 1899

Any person who, (a) with intent to defraud the Government to duty, draws, makes or issues any bill of exchange or promissory note bearing a date subsequent to that on which such bill or note is actually drawn or made; or (b)knowing that such bill or note has been so post-dated, endorses, transfers, presents for acceptance or payment, or accepts, pays or receives payment of such bill or note, or in any manner negotiate the same; or (c)with the like intent, practices or is concerned in any act, contrivance or device not specially provided for by this Act or any other law for the time being in force; shall be publishable with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees.

Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957 Section 62

Title: Penalty for Devise to Defraud the Revenue

State: Karnataka

Year: 1957

Any person, who with intent to defraud the Government of duty, practices or is concerned in any act, contrivance or device not specially punishable under this Act or any other law for the time being in force shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees.

The Indian Penal Code 1860 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1860

.....1908, `India', means the territory of India excluding the State of Jammu and Kashmir. Under s. 2(e) of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969, `India' means for the purposes of this Act the territories to which this Act extends (i.e., whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir). According to s. 2(27) of Customs Act, 1962, `India' includes the territorial waters of India. SECTION 19: "JUDGE" The word "judge" denotes not only every person who is officially designated as a Judge, but also every person, who is empowered by law to give, in any legal proceeding, civil or criminal, a definitive judgement or a judgement which, if not appealed against, would be definitive, or a judgement which, if confirmed by some other authority, would be definitive, or who is one of a body of persons, which body of persons is empowered by law to give such a judgement. Illustrations (a) A Collector exercising jurisdiction in a suit under Act 10 of 1859, is a Judge. (b) A Magistrate exercising jurisdiction in respect of a charge on which he has power to sentence to fine or imprisonment, with or without appeal, is a Judge. (c) A member of a Panchayat which has power.....

Companies Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....as in the (Depositories Act, 1996) (22 of 1996); (12B) "derivative" has the same meaning as in clause (aa) of (S.2 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956) (42 of 1956);] (13) "director" includes any person occupying the position of director, by whatever name called; (14) "District Court" means the principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction in a district, but does not include a High Court in the exercise of its ordinary original civil jurisdiction ; [(14A) "dividend" includes any interim dividend;] (15) "document" includes summons, notice, requisition, order, other legal process, and registers, whether issued, sent or kept in pursuance of this or any other Act or otherwise ; [(15A) "employees stock option" means the option given to the whole-time directors, officers or employees of a company, which gives such directors, officers or employees the benefit or right to purchase or subscribe at a future date, the securities offered by the company at a pre-determined price;] (16) "existing company" means an existing company as defined in (section 3); (17) "financial year" means, in relation to any body corporate, the period in respect of which.....

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.....

Companies Act, 1956 Part 7

Title: Winding Up

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....given as the1[Tribunal] thinks reasonable. _____________________ 1. Substituted Act 11 of 2003, Section 54, for "Court". 2. Substituted by Act 11 of 2003, Section 54. 3. Substituted by Act 65 of 1960, Section 162, for "clauses (b), (c) and (e)" (w.e.f. 28-12-1960). 4. Substituted by Act 11 of 2003, Section 54, for "and (f)". 5. Substituted by Act 65 of 1960, Section 162, for "an inspector" (w.e.f. 28-12-1960). Section 439A - Statement of affairs to be filed on winding up of a company 1[ 439A. Statement of affairs to be filed on winding up of a company ( 1 ) Every company shall file with the Tribunal a statement of its affairs alongwith the petition for winding up. ( 2 ) Where a company oppose a petition for its winding up, it sh all file with the Tribunal a statement of its affairs. ( 3 ) The statement of affairs referred to in sub-section ( 1 ) or sub-section ( 2 ) shall be accompanied by-- (a) the last known addresses of all directors and company, secretary of such company; (b) the details of location of assets of the company and their value; (c) the details of all debtors and creditors with their complete addresses; (d) the details of workmen.....

Companies Act, 1956 Chapter 5

Title: Provisions Applicable to Every Mode of Winding Up

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....that period; (b) the expression "accrued holiday remuneration" includes, in relation to any person, all sums which, by virtue either of his contract of employment or of any enactment (including any order made or direction given under any enactment), are payable on account of the remuneration which would, in the ordinary course, have become payable to him in respect of a period of holiday, had his employment with the company continued until he became entitled to be allowed the holiday; 5[***] 6[(bb) the expression "employees" does not include a workman; and] (c) the expression "the relevant date" means- (i) in the case of a company ordered to be wound up compulsorily, the date of the appointment (or first appointment) of a provisional liquidator, or if no such appointment was made, the date of the winding up order, unless in either case the company had commenced to be wound up voluntarily before that date; and (ii) in any case where sub-clause (i) does not apply, the date of the passing of the resolution for the voluntary winding up of the company. (9) This section shall not apply in the case of a winding up where the date referred to in sub-section (5) of section.....

The Indian Stamp Act, 1899 Complete Act

State: Punjab

Year: 1899

.....CERTAIN STAMPS. 91 ACT TO BE TRANSLATED AND SOLD CHEAPLY. 92 REPEAL. 93 STAMP-DUTY ON INSTRUMENTS 94 ENACTMENTS REPEALED THE INDIAN STAMP ACT, 1899 Act No. of Year: ACT NO. 2 OF 1899 Enactment Date: [27th January, 1899.] Act Objective: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Stamps. 1. Short title, extent and commencement - (1) This Act may be called the Indian Stamp Act, 1899. 2*[(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir: Provided that it shall not apply to 3*[the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B Amended in U.P. by U. P. Act 10 of 1971. Amended in Haryana by Haryana Act 49 of 1971. Amended in Tamil Nadu by T. N. Act 3 of 1972. Amended in Andhra Pradesh by A. P. Act 10 of 1967. Amended in Goa, Daman and Diu by Goa, Daman and Diu Act 8 of 1969. 1*Amended in its application to the Andaman & Nicobar is kinds by Reg. 1 of 1961. (w.e.f. 21.1.1961). Amended in Rajasthan by Raj Act 14 of 1961. Amended in Madras by Mad. Act 24 of 1967. Amended in U. P. by U. P. Act 11 of 1969. Amended in Haryana by Haryana Act 16 of 1969. 2. Definitions.....

Companies Act, 1956 Schedule 11

Title: Schedule 11

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....being at the time of the commission of the alleged offence, an officer of a company in respect of which the 1 [Tribunal] subsequently makes an order under section 397 or 398, - (a) has, by false pretences or by means of any other fraud, induced any person to give credit to the company; (b) with intent to defraud creditors of the company, has made or caused to be made any gift or transfer of or charge on, or has caused or connived at the levying of any execution against, the property of the company; or (c) with intent to defraud creditors of the company, has concealed or removed any part of the properly of the company since the date of any unsatisfied judgment or order for payment of money obtained against the company, or within two months before that date; he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years and shall also be liable to fine. 541. Liability where proper accounts not kept (1) Where an application has been made to the 1 [Tribunal] under section 397 or 398 in respect of a company, if it is shown that proper books of account were not kept by the company throughout the period of two years immediately preceding the making.....