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Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 246

Title: Fraudulently or Dishonestly Diminishing Weight or Altering Composition of Coin

State: Central

Year: 1860

Whoever fraudulently or dishonestly performs on any coin any operation which diminishes the weight or alters the composition of that coin, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to fine. Explanation.--A person who scoops out part of the coin and puts anything else into the cavity alters the composition of that coin.

Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 247

Title: Fraudulently or Dishonestly Diminishing Weight or Altering Composition of Indian Coin

State: Central

Year: 1860

Whoever fraudulently ordishonestly performs on 1 [anyIndian coin] any operation which diminishes the weight or alters thecomposition of that coin, shall be punished with imprisonment of eitherdescription for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also beliable to fine. ______________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "any of the Queen's coin".

Indian Council Act, 1874 Section 2

Title: Number of Members of Council May. Be Subsequently Diminished

State: Central

Year: 1874

.....of the Governor General of India to five, by abstaining so long as she shall deem proper from filling up any vacancy or vacancies occurring in the offices of the ordinary members of the said Council appointed under section 3 of "The Indian Councils Act, 1861," and under section8 of the Act of the thirty-second and thirty-third years of Her present Majesty, chapter ninety-seven, not being a vacancy in the office of the ordinary member of-Council required by law to be a barrister or a member of the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland: and whenever the Secretary of State for India shall have informed the Governor General of India that it is not the intention of Her Majesty to fill up any vacancy, no temporary appointment shall be made to such vacancy under section 27 of The Indian Councils Act, 1861," and if any such temporary appointment shall have been made previously to the receipt of such information, the tenure of office of the person temporarily appointed shall cease and determine from the time of the receipt of such information by the Governor General.

Indian Coinage Act, 1906 Section 16

Title: Power to Certain Persons to Cut Diminished or Defaced Silver Coins

State: Central

Year: 1906

Where any silver coin which has been coined and issued under the authority of the Central Government is tendered to any person authorised by the Central Government {The words "or by the L.G." were rep. by the A, O.1937} to act under this section, and such person has reason to believe that the coin (a) has been diminished in weight so as to be more than such percentage below standard weight as may be prescribed as the limit of reasonable wear, or (b) has been defaced, he shall, by himself or another, cut or break the coin.

Coinage Act, 2011, (Central) Chapter IV

Title: Diminished, Defaced and Counterfeit Coins

State: Central

Year: 2011

Chapter IV DIMINISHED, DEFACED AND COUNTERFEIT COINS

Coinage Act, 2011, (Central) Section 9

Title: Power to Certain Persons to Cut, Diminished or Defaced Coins

State: Central

Year: 2011

(1) Where any coin which has been minted and issued by or under the authority of the Government is tendered to any person authorised by it to act under this section, and such person has reason to believe that the coin-- (a) has been diminished in weight so as to be more than such per cent, below standard weight as provided in section 5; or (b) has been defaced, he shall, by himself or through another person, cut or break the coin. (2) A person cutting or breaking coin under the provisions of clause (a) of sub-section (1) shall receive and pay for the coin at its face value. (3) A person cutting or breaking coin under the provisions of clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall observe the following procedure, namely:-- (a) if such person has reason to believe, that the coin has been fraudulently defaced, he shall return the pieces to the person tendering the coin, who shall bear the loss caused by such cutting or breaking; (b) if such person has reason to believe, that the coin has not been fraudulently defaced, he shall receive and pay for the coin at its face value.

Coinage Act, 1906 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1906

.....the new coin below are equally near to the new coin below. (3) All references in any enactment or in any notification, rule or order under any enactment or in any contract, deed or other instrument to any value expressed in annas, pice and pies shall be construed as references to that value expressed in new coins referred to in sub-section (1) converted thereto at the rate specified in sub-section (2).] 16[(4) As from the commencement of the Indian Coinage (Amendment) Act, 1964, all references in any enactment or in any notification, rule or order under any enactment or in any contract, deed or other instrument to any value in naya paisa or naya paise shall be construed as references to that value expressed respectively in paisa or paise, being the new coins, designated as such from 1st day of June, 1964.] SECTION 15: COIN MADE UNDER FORMER ACTS [Repealed by the Indian Coinage (Amendment) Act, 1947 (28 of 1947), S. 6 (7-6-1947).] SECTION 15A: POWER TO CALL IN COIN 24Notwithstanding anything contained in19[section 13-], the18[Central Government] may, by notification in the18[Official Gazette,] call in with effect from such date as may be specified in the notification,.....

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.....

Insurance Act, 1938 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1938

.....to the business of insurance. Whereas it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to the business of insurance; It is hereby enacted as foltows :- This Act has been applied to- (i) the partially excluded areas in the District of Darjesling, see Bengal Government Notification No. 1902-Com., dated 28-6-1939, Calcutta Gazette, dated 16-7-1939; (ii) the partially excluded areas in the Province of Orissa with effect from 14-10-1939, see Orissa Laws Validating Regulation, 1943 (1 of 1943). The Act has been extended to the new Provinces and Merged States by the S.3OF THE Merged States (Laws) Act, 1949 (1-1-1950) and to the States of Manipur, Tripura and Vindhya Pradesh by the Union Territories (Laws) Act, 1950 (30 of 1950), section 3 (16-4-1950). Manipur and Tripura are Union territories now and Vindhya Pradesh has been merged with the State of Madhya Pradesh -- See Act 37 of 1956, section 9(1)(e). It has been extended to the Union territories of- (1) Goa, Daman and Diu by Regn. 12 of 1962 (15-12-1963); (2) Dadra and Nagar Haveli, by Regn. 6 of 1963 (1-7-1965); (3) Pondicherry, by Regn. 7 of 1963 (1-10-1963); and (4) Laccadiv, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands, by Regn......

Indian Coinage Act, 1906 Chapter I

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 1906

.....the new coin below are equally near, to the new coin below. (3) All references in any enactment or in any notification, rule or order under any enactment or in any contract, deed or other instrument to any value expressed in, pice and pies shall be construed as references to that value expressed in new coins referred to in sub-section (1) converted thereto at the rate specified in sub-section (2).] 2[(4) As from the commencement of the Indian Coinage (Amendment) Act, 1964, all references in any enactment or in any notification, rule or order under any enactment or in any contract, deed or other instrument to any value in naya paisa or naya paisa shall be construed as references to that value expressed respectively in paisa or paise, being the new coins, designated as such from 1stday of June, 1964] __________________________ 1. Inserted by the Indian Coinage (Amendment) Act, 1955, w.e.f. 17-09-1955. 2. Inserted by the Indian Coinage (Amendment) Act, 1964, w.e.f. 01-06-1964. Section 15 - [Repeated] [Coin made under former Acts.] Rep. by the Indian Coinage (Amendment) Act, 1947 (28 of 1947),Section6. [Section.15A was ins. by Act 10 of 1924,Section3.] Section.....