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The (Bengal) Embankment Act, 1855 Complete Act

State: Orissa

Year: 1855

.....the Collector shall thereupon proceed to value and make compensation for such huts, trees and crops, in the manner prescribed in Section 12 of this Act. Section 8 - Section 8 Clause 1. Application by land-holder to have a sluice made in public embankment - If any land-holder, farmer or cultivator be desirous of having a sluice made in any public embankment for the purpose of drainage or irrigation, he shall make an application in writing to the Collector of the district in which such embankment is situate. The application shall contain such particulars of the land to be drained or irrigated as may enable the officers of the Crown to judge of the advantage which may be derived from the work, and shall declare as regards an embankment maintained at the expense of the State, whether the applicant is willing to bear such part, not exceeding half of the cost thereof, as may be determined by the Provincial Government; and, as regards any other public embankment whether the applicant is willing to defray the whole or such part of the cost incidental to and attendant on, the proposed work, as may be determined as aforesaid. Clause 2. Officer in immediate charge to report on.....

Opium Act, 1857 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1857

OPIUM ACT, 1857 OPIUM ACT, 1857 An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the cultivation of the poppy and the manufacture of opium 2 [* *]. Preamble.-Whereas the existing law relating to the cultivation of the poppy and the manufacture of opium on account of Government is in some respects inconsistent with the practice which now obtains under agreement between the Opium Agents and the cultivators, and it is expedient that such in- consistency should be removed; And whereas it is also expedient3[* * *] that the laws for preventing the illicit cultivation of the poppy, and for regulating the cultivation of the poppy and the manufacture of opium on account of Government, should be consolidated and amended; It is enacted as follows:- This Act has been declared to be in force throughout the former Province of Bengal and the former North-Western Provinces except the Scheduled Districts by the Laws Local Extent Act, 1874 (15 of 1874),Sections 6and7. It has also been declared to be in force in the Santhal Parganaa (now in Bihar) by Regn. III of 1872, Section 3 (1) and Schedule; and in Oudh (now in Uttar Pradesh), subject to certain modifications by Section 3 (e) of.....

The Village Chaukidari Act, 1870 Complete Act

State: Jharkhand

Year: 1870

THE VILLAGE CHAUKIDARI ACT, 1870 THE VILLAGE CHAUKIDARI ACT, 1870 [Act No. 4 of 1870] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the Appointment, Dismissal and Maintenance of village-Chaukidars. Whereas it is expedient to make provision for the appointment, dismissal and maintenance of village-chaukidars in the provinces subject of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal] [The definition of "Magistrate" was repealed by s. 2(1) of the same Act, and is omitted.]; It is enacted as follows:- Part I - PART I THE VILLAGE CHAUKIDARI ACT, 1870 [Act No. 4 of 1870] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the Appointment, Dismissal and Maintenance of village-Chaukidars. Whereas it is expedient to make provision for the appointment, dismissal and maintenance of village-chaukidars in the provinces subject of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal] [The definition of "Magistrate" was repealed by s. 2(1) of the same Act, and is omitted.]; It is enacted as follows:- Section 1 - Definitions The following words and expressions shall, in the construction of this Act, have the several meanings hereby assigned to them respectively except where a different intention shall appear from the.....

The Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 Complete Act

State: Punjab

Year: 1887

THE PUNJAB LAND REVENUE ACT, 1887 THE PUNJAB LAND REVENUE ACT, 1887 (ACT NO. 17 OF 1887) CONTENTS SN Subject CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY 1. Title, extent and commencement. 2. Repeal 3. Definitions 4. Exclusion of certain land from operation of Act. 5. Power to vary limits and alter number of tahsils, districts, and divisions. CHAPTER II REVENUE-OFFICERS Classes and Powers 6. Classes of revenue-officers. 7. Financial Commissioners. 8. Appointment of Commissioners and of Deputy, Assistant and Extra Assistant Commissioners. 9. Appointment of Tahsildars and Naib-Tahsildars. 10. Powers of Revenue-officers. 11. Superintendence and control of Revenue-officers. 12. Power to distribute business and withdraw and transfer cases. 13. Appeals 14. Limitation for appeals. 15. Review by Revenue-officers. 16. Power to call for, examine and revise proceedings of Revenue-officers. 17. Power to make rules as to procedure. 18. Persons by whom appearances and applications may be made.....

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Rule 9 to 10

Title: Commissions for Local Investigations

State: Central

Year: 1908

.....as it thinks fit directing him to make such investigation and to report thereon to the Court: Provided that, where the State Government has made rules as to the persons to whom such commission shall be issued, the Court shall be bound by such rules. 10. Procedure of Commissioner (1) The Commissioner, after such local inspection as he deems necessary and after reducing to writing the evidence taken by him, shall return such evidence, together with his report in writing signed by him, to the Court. (2) Report and depositions to be evidence in suit.--The report of the Commissioner and the evidence taken by him (but not the evidence without the report) shall be evidence in the suit and shall form part of the record; but the Court or, with the permission of the Court, any of the parties to the suit may examine the Commissioner personally in open Court touching any of the matters referred to him or mentioned in his report, or as to his report, or as to the manner in which he has made the investigation. (3) Commissioner may be examined in person.--Where the Court is for any reason dissatisfied with the proceedings of the Commissioner, it may direct such further inquiry to.....

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Rule 11 to 12

Title: Commissions to Examine Accounts

State: Central

Year: 1908

11. Commission to examine or adjust accounts In any suit in which an examination or adjustment of the accounts is necessary, the Court may issue a commission to such person as it thinks fit directing him to make such examination or adjustment. 12. Court to give Commissioner necessary instructions (1) The Court shall furnish the Commissioner with such part of the proceedings and such instructions as appear necessary, and the instructions shall distinctly specify whether the Commissioner is merely to transmit the proceedings which he may hold on the inquiry, or also to report his own opinion on the point referred for his examination. (2) Proceedings and report to be evidence. Court may direct further inquiry.--The proceedings and report (if any) of the Commissioner shall be evidence in the suit, but where the Court has reason to be dissatisfied with them, it may direct such further inquiry as it shall think fit.

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Rule 1 to 5

Title: Temporary Injuctions

State: Central

Year: 1908

.....the corporation itself, but also on all members and officers of the corporation whose personal action it seeks to restrain. ______________________ 1. Rule 1 renumbered as sub-rule (1) of that rule by Act 46 of 1999, section 30 and section 30 of the Act 46 of 1999, by which it was so re-numbered, has been omitted by Act 22 of 2002, section 16 (w.e.f. 1-7-2002). 2. Substituted by Act 104 of 1976, section 86(i)(a), "for defraud" (w.e.f. 1-2-1977). 3. Inserted by Act 104 of 1976, section 86(i)(b) (w.e.f. 1-2-1977). 4. Sub-rule (2) inserted by Act 46 of 1999, section 30 and section 30 of the Act 46 of 1999, by which sub-rule (2) it was so inserted, has been omitted by Act 22 of 2002, section 15(a) (w.e.f. 1-7-2002). 5 . Sub-rules (3) and (4) omitted by Act 104 of 1976, section 86(ii) (w.e.f. 1-2-1977). 6. Inserted by Act 104 of 1976, section 86(iii) (w.e.f. 1-2-1977). 7. Inserted by Act 104 of 1976, section 86(iv) (w.e.f. 1-2-1977). 8. Inserted by Act 104 of 1976, section 86(v) (w.e.f. 1-2-1977). 9. Inserted by Act 104 of 1976, section 86(vi) (w.e.f. 1-2-1977).

Code of Civil Procedure 1908 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1908

.....in the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 (5 of 1970). Explanation II : For the purposes of this section, a transaction is a commercial transaction, if it is connected with the industry, trade or business of the party incurring the liability.] (2) Where such a decree is silent with respect to the payment of further interest on such principal sum] from the date of the decree to the date of payment or other earlier date, the court shall be deemed to have refused such interest, and a separate suit therefor shall not lie. SECTION 35: COSTS (1) Subject to such conditions and limitations as may be prescribed, and to the provisions of any law for the time being in force, the costs of and incident to all suits shall be in the discretion of the court, and the court shall have full power to determine by whom or out of what property and to what extent such costs are to be paid, and to give all necessary directions for the purposes aforesaid. The fact that the court has no jurisdiction to try the suit shall be no bar to the exercise of such powers. (2) Where the court directs that any costs shall not follow the event, the court shall state its reasons in.....

The Madras Estates Land Act, 1908 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1908

THE MADRAS ESTATES LAND ACT, 1908 THE MADRAS ESTATES LAND ACT, 1908 [Act No. 1 of 1908] PREAMBLE An Act to declare and amend the law relating to the holding of land in estates in the Presidency of Madras. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend and declare the Law relating to the holding of land in estates in the Presidency of Madras; It is hereby enacted as follows:- Chapter I - PRELIMINARY THE MADRAS ESTATES LAND ACT, 1908 [Act No. 1 of 1908] PREAMBLE An Act to declare and amend the law relating to the holding of land in estates in the Presidency of Madras. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend and declare the Law relating to the holding of land in estates in the Presidency of Madras; It is hereby enacted as follows:- Section 1 - Short title, Commencement, Local extent This Act may be called the Madras Estates Land Act, 1908: It shall come into force on the first day of July 1908: and it shall extend to the whole of the Presidency of Madras except the Presidency Town, the district of Malabar and the portion of the Nilgiri district known as the South East Wynaad. Section 2 - Repeal Madras Acts VIII of 1865 and II of 1871 and section 7 of Madras Act.....

Presidency-towns Insolvency Act, 1909 Schedule II

Title: Proof of Debts

State: Central

Year: 1909

..... 13. Amendment of valuation.- Where a creditor has so valued his security, he may at any time amend the valuation and proof on showing to the satisfaction of the official assignee, or the Court, that the valuation and proof were made bona fide on a mistaken estimate, or that the security has diminished or increased in value since its previous valuation; but every such amendment shall be made at the cost of the creditor, and upon such terms as the Court shall order, unless the official assignee shall allow the amendment without application to the Court. 14. Refund of excess received.- Where a valuation has been amended in accordance with the foregoing rule, the creditor shall forthwith repay any surplus dividend which he has received in excess of that to which he would have been entitled on the amended valuation, or, as the case may be, shall be entitled to be paid out of any money for the time being available for dividend, any dividend or share of dividend which he has failed to receive by reason of the inaccuracy of the original valuation, before that money is made applicable to the payment of any future dividend, but he shall not be entitled to disturb the distribution of.....