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Delhi Panchayat Raj Act, 1954 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 1954

.....utility and declared as such under Section 1 of the Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954, by the Chief Commissioner, or acquired under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, or any other enactment relating to acquisition of land for a public purpose. Explanation - In this sub-section the expression "rural areas" has the meaning assigned to it in the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957]. 11. Came into force on 12-5-1956 vide Notification No. F. 17(10)/(56)-GAIR Dated 5-5-1956. [3] It shall come into force on such date as the Chief Commissioner may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint. Section2 Definitions In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, - (1) "Adult" means a person who has completed his twenty-first year; (2) "Bhumidhar" and "Asami" shall hear the same meaning respectively assigned to them in the Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954; (3) "building" means any shop, house, hut, out-house, estate or stable whether used for the purpose of human habitation or otherwise or whether of masonry, bricks, wood, mud, thatch, metal or any other material whatever and includes a wall and a well: (4) "bye-laws" means bye-laws made by the Gaon Panchayat under this.....

The Travancorecochin Prisons Act, 1950[1] Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1950

.....of prisoners in jails. (6) "History-ticket" means the ticket exhibiting such information as is required in respect of each prisoner by this Act or the rules thereunder. (7) "Inspector-General" means the Inspector-General of Prisons. (8) "Medical subordinate" means an Assistant Surgeon or Sub-Assistant Surgeon. (9) "Prohibited article" means an article the introduction or removal of which into or out of a prison is prohibited by any rule under this Act. CHAPTER II Maintenance and Officers of prisons 4. Government shall provide, for the prisoners in the State of Travancore-Cochin accommodation in prisons constructed and regulated in such manner as to comply with the requisitions of this Act in respect of the separation of prisoners. 5. The District Magistrate of the District in which the prison is situate or any other officer appointed by Government shall be Inspector-General in respect of that prison who shall exercise, subject to the orders of Government, the general control and superintendence of that prison. 6. For every prison, Government shall appoint a Superintendent a Medical Officer (who may also be the Superintendent), a Medical Subordinate, a Jailer, and such.....

Prisons Act, 1894 Chapter XI

Title: Prison-offences

State: Central

Year: 1894

.....which may not be awarded in combination for any such offence. ] ________________________ 1. Section 47 renumbered as sub-section (1) of that section by Act 17 of 1925, Section 3. 2. Substituted by Act 17 of 1925, Section 3, for "solitary" 3. Substituted by Act 17 of 1925, Section 3, for exception (3). 4. Substituted by Act 10 of 1914, Section 2 and Sch.I, for "or". 5. Inserted by Act 17 of 1925, Section 3. 6. Substituted by the A. O.1937 for "Governor General in Council" and again by the A. O.1950, for "Provincial Government". Section 48 - Award of punishments under sections 46 and 47 (1) The Superintendent shall have power to award any of the punishments enumerated in the two last foregoing sections, subject, in the case of separate confinement for a period exceeding one month, to the previous confirmation of the Inspector General. (2) No officer subordinate to the Superintendent shall have power to award any punishment whatever. Section 49 - Punishments to be in accordance with foregoing sections Except by order of a Court of Justice, no punishment other than the punishments specified in the foregoing sections shall be inflicted on any prisoner, and.....

The Sikkim Prisons Act, 2007 Complete Act

State: Sikkim

Year: 2007

THE SIKKIM PRISONS ACT, 2007 THE SIKKIM PRISONS ACT, 2007 (Act No. 16 of 2007) AN ACT To provide for a law regulating the prisons in Sikkim. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Sikkim in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows: - CHAPTER I Short title, extent and commencement. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Sikkim Prisons Act, 2007 (2) It extends to the whole of Sikkim; (3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification, in the official gazette appoint. Definitions. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: - (a) "civil prisoner" means any prisoner who is not a criminal prisoner; 2 . (b) "Competent authority" means any officer having jurisdiction and legal authority to deal with a particular matter in question; (c) "convicted criminal prisoner" means any criminal prisoner under sentence of court or court-martial, and includes a person detained in prison under the provision of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; (d) "Court" includes any officer lawfully exercising civil, criminal or revenue jurisdiction; (e) "criminal prisoner" means any prisoner duly committed to custody.....

Prisons Act, 1894 Section 46

Title: Punishment of Such Offences

State: Central

Year: 1894

.....render any female or civil prisoner liable to the imposition of any form of handcuffs or fetters, or to whipping. ________________________ 1.Inserted by Act 17 of 1925, Section 2. 2.Substituted by the A. O.1937, for "Governor General in Council" and again by the A. O.1950, for "Provincial Government". 3.Substituted by the A. O.1937 for "Governor General in Council" and again by the A. O.1950, for "Provincial Government". 4.Substituted by Act 17 of 1925, Section2, for "six". 5.Clause (11) rep.and Clauses (12) and (13) renumbered as Clauses (11) and (12) respectively by Act 17 of 1925,Section 2. 6.Substituted by Act 17 of 1925, Section2, for "solitary". 7.The words "as defined in clause (11)" omitted by Act 17 of 1925,Section 2.

Geneva Conventions Act, 1960 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1960

.....(d) procedural matters relating to legal representation, appeals, etc. 3. The existing law on the subject is to be found in the Geneva Convention Act, 1911 (an Act of the United Kingdom) as applied to India by the Gevena Convention Act, 1911 (British India) Order-in-Council dated the 24th October, 1916, and the Geneva Convention Implementing Act, 1936 (14 of 1936). The provisions of these Acts, however, are confined to extending protection to the two emblems, namely, the Red Cross and the Geneva Cross. 4. The Bill seeks to implement the Conventions in so far as it is necessary so to do and, at the same time, consolidates the law on the subject by repealing the United Kingdom Act of 1911andthe Central Act 14 of 1936and incorporating their provisions in the Bill." - Gaz. of Ind., 1959, Extra. Pt. II, S. 2, p. 1098. An Act to enable effect to be given to certain International Conventions done at Geneva on the twelfth day of August, 1949, to which India is a party, and for purposes connected therewith. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Eleventh Year of the Republic of India as follows :- -Geneva Conventions of 12th August, 1949, were ratified by the President on the 16th October,.....

Bombay Borstal Schools Act, 1929 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1929

.....(2) For every Borstal School, a visiting committee shall be appointed in such manner as may be prescribed. SECTION 05: APPLICATION OF THE PRISONS ACT, 1894, AND THE PRISONERS ACT, 1900. Subject to any alterations, adaptations, and exceptions made by this Act and the rules framed under it, the15Prisons Act. 1894, and the15Prisoners Act, 1900 and the rates framed thereunder shall apply in the case of every Borstal School established under this Act as if it were a prison16[the inmates prisoners and the Principal Superintendent]. SECTION 06: COURT MAY PASS ORDER FOR DETENTION IN A BORSTAL SCHOOL When an offender is found guilty of an offence for which he is liable to be sentenced to transportation or imprisonment, or is liable to imprisonment for failure to furnish security under Chapter VIII of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898, whether any previous conviction is proved against him or not, and it appears to the Court - (a) that the offender is not less than sixteen or, in any district or place in which17[the Bombay Children Act 1948, the Central Provinces and Berar Children Act, 1928 or the Hyderabad Children Act, 1951], is not in operation less than fifteen, nor more than.....

Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act, 1954 Section 6A

Title: Free Transit by Steamer

State: Central

Year: 1954

.....(1), he shall be entitled to an amount equal to one fare (without diet) for the highest class for any journey of the nature referred to in sub-section (1) of section 4-performed by him by steamer. (4) A member who on ceasing to be a member surrenders the steamer pass issued to him under sub-section (1), shall if he performs any return journey by steamer of the nature referred to in subsection (1) of section 4-, be entitled in respect of that journey to an amount equal to one fare (withoutdiet) for the highest class. (5) Nothing in this section shall be construed as disentitling a member to any travelling allowances to which he is otherwise entitled under the provisions of this Act. (6) In addition to2[the facilities provided to a member] under sub-section ( 1 ), he shall also beentitled- (i) to one free pass for one person to accompany the member and travel by the3[highest class] bysteamer to and fro any part of the constituency of the member and any other part of his constituency orthe nearest port in the mainland of India:4[or] (ii) to one free non-transferable pass for the spouse, if any, of the member to travel by the highest class by steamer to and fro the.....

Prisons Act, 1894 Section 47

Title: Plurality of Punishments, Under Section 46

State: Central

Year: 1894

.....admissible under the remission system; 5[(5) no punishment will be combined with any other punishment in contravention of rules made by the6[State Government. ]] 5[(2) No punishment shall be awarded for any such offence so as to combine, with the punishment awarded for any other such offence, two of the punishments which may not be awarded in combination for any such offence. ] ________________________ 1. Section 47 renumbered as sub-section (1) of that section by Act 17 of 1925, Section 3. 2. Substituted by Act 17 of 1925, Section 3, for "solitary" 3. Substituted by Act 17 of 1925, Section 3, for exception (3). 4. Substituted by Act 10 of 1914, Section 2 and Sch.I, for "or". 5. Inserted by Act 17 of 1925, Section 3. 6. Substituted by the A. O.1937 for "Governor General in Council" and again by the A. O.1950, for "Provincial Government".

Geneva Convention Act 1960 Schedule III

Title: Third Schedule

State: Central

Year: 1960

.....Parties, each party to the conflict shall be bound to apply, as a minimum, the following provisions:- (Conflicts not of an international character.) (1) Persons taking no active part in the hostilities, including members of armed forces who have down their arms and those placed hors de combat by sickness, wounds, detention, or any other cause, shall in all circumstances be treated humanely without any adverse distinction founded on race, colour, religion or faith, sex, birth or wealth, or any other similar criteria. To this end, the following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever with respect to the above-mentioned persons:- (a) Violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture; (b) taking of hostages; (c) outrages upon personal dignity, in particular, humiliating and degrading treatment; (d) the passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous judgement pronounced by a regularly constituted court affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognised as indispensable by civilized peoples. (2) The wounded and sick shall be collected and.....