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Manipur (Hill Areas) District Councils Act, 1971 Chapter II

Title: Constitution of District Councils

State: Central

Year: 1971

.....to his petition all the candidates at the election. (4) An election petition -- (a) shall contain a concise statement of the material facts on which the petitioner relies; (b) shall, with sufficient particulars, set forth the ground or grounds on which the election is called in question; and (c) shall be signed by the petitioner and verified in the manner laid down in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 for the verification of pleadings. Section 15 - Relief that may be claimed by petitioner A petitioner may, in addition to claiming a declaration that the election of all or any of the returned candidates is void, claim a further declaration that he himself or any other candidate has been duly elected. Section 16 - Grounds on which an election may be called in question The election of a returned candidate may be called in question on any one or more of the following grounds, namely:-- (a) that on the date of his election the returned candidate was not qualified to be elected, or he was disqualified for being elected as a member under this Act; or (b) that the nomination paper of any candidate at the election has been improperly rejected; or (c) that.....

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Manipur (Hill Areas) District Councils Act, 1971 Chapter V

Title: Finance of District Councils and Vesting of Property

State: Central

Year: 1971

.....may fix and levy (a) school fees; and (b) fees for the use of, or benefits derived from, any of the works done or services rendered under section 29. Section 35 - Procedure for imposing taxes (1) A District Council may resolve at a meeting specially convened for the purpose the imposition of any of the taxes mentioned in section 33. (2) When a resolution has been passed, the Council shall publish a notice in the Official Gazette and also in the prescribed manner, defining the class of persons or description of properly proposed to be taxed, the amount or rate of tax to be imposed and the system of assessment to be adopted. (3) Any person directly or indirectly affected by the proposed tax and objecting to it, may within thirty days from the publication of the notice, send his objections in writing to the Council and the Council shall, at a specially convened meeting, take all such objections into consideration. (4) If no object ion is sent within the said period of thirty days or if the objections received are deemed insufficient, the Council may submit its proposals to the Administrator with the objections, if any, and its decision thereon. (5) The.....

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Manipur (Hill Areas) District Councils Act, 1971 Section 3

Title: Division of Hill Areas into Autonomous Districts

State: Central

Year: 1971

(1) As soon as may be after the commencement of this Act, the Administrator shall cause all the Hill Areas to be divided into not more than six autonomous districts. (2) The Administrator may, by order notified in the Official Gazette,-- (a) declare that any area in any autonomous district which is, or is intended to be, included within the limits of any municipality, cantonment or town committee shall cease to be a part of such autonomous district; (b) increase the area of any autonomous district; (c) diminish the area of any autonomous district; (d) unite two or more autonomous districts or parts thereof so as to form one autonomous district; (e) define the boundaries of any autonomous district; (f) after the name of any autonomous district. (3) No order under sub-section (2) shall be made by the Administrator except after consultation with the Hill Areas Committee. (4) Any order made by the Administrator under sub-section (2) may contain such incidental and consequential provisions as appear to the Administrator to be necessary for giving effect to the provisions of the order.

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Manipur (Hill Areas) District Councils Act, 1971 Complete Act

Title: Manipur (Hill Areas) District Councils Act, 1971

State: Central

Year: 1971

.....- Appeals Section40 - Instalments of taxes and fees Section41 - Power to exempt from taxation Section42 - Recoveries of moneys claimable by the Council Section43 - Council Fund Section44 - Property vested in District Council Section45 - Budget Chapter VI Section46 - Control Section47 - Supersession of the District Council Section48 - Effect of certain provisions during the period when the Hill Areas Committee is not functioning Chapter VII Section49 - Penalty for obstruction Section50 - Penalty for entering into any contract with the Council Chapter VIII Section51 - Power of Administrator to make rules Section52 - Power to make bye-laws Section53 - Penalty for infringement of rules or bye-laws

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Manipur (Hill Areas) District Councils Act, 1971 Chapter IV

Title: Procedure and Staff of District Councils

State: Central

Year: 1971

.....staff as may be necessary for the proper and efficient execution of its duties and make regulations for their conditions of service. (4) The power of appointing officers and staff (whether temporary or permanent) shall be exercised in accordance with the rules framed for the purpose by the Administrator; (5) The conditions of service applicable to a person immediately before his appointment to a post under a District Council shall not be varied to his disadvantage except with the previous approval of the Administrator. (6) Every officer or member of staff of a District Council shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code.

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Bengal District Act 1836 Preamble 1

Title: Bengal Districts Act, 1836

State: Central

Year: 1836

THE BENGAL DISTRICTS ACT,1836 [Act, No. 21 of 1836] [AS ON 1956] {Short title given by the Amending Act, 1903 (1 of 1903), Schedule I. The Act has been declared by the Laws Local Extent Act,1874(15 of 1874),s.6,to be in force throughout the former Province of Bengal, except the Scheduled Districts. It has been declared by notification under the Scheduled Districts Act, 1874 (14 of 1874), section 3, to be in force in-- West Jalpaiguri and the Western Duars in the Jalpaiguri District See Gazette of India, 1881, Pt., p.74 The districts of Hazaribagh Ranchi, Palamau and Manbhum, and Pargana Dhalbhum and the kolhan in the district of Singbhum, in the Chota Nagpur Division...... Ditto 1881, Pt.I., p.504 It has also been declared to be in force in the sontal Parganas by the Sonthal Parganas Settlement Regulation, 1872 (3 of 1872), section 3. The Act has been rep.in its application to:-- (1) Assam by Regn. 1 of 1886. (2) Punjab by Act 17 of 1887; and (3) Uttar Pradesh by Act 1 of 1903} [11th September, 1836]

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Tea Districts Emigrant Lab0ur Act, 1932 [Repealed] Repealing Act 1

Title: Tea Districts Emigrant Labour (Repeal) Act, 1970

State: Central

Year: 1932

.....the Tea Districts Emigrant Labour (Repeal) Repealing Act, 2002. 1. Short title This Act may be called the Tea Districts Emigrant Labour (Repeal) Act, 1970. 2. Repeal of Act 22 of 1932 The Tea Districts Emigrant Labour Act, 1932 is hereby repealed. 3. Savings Notwithstanding the repeal of the Tea Districts Emigrant Labour Act, 1932, (22 of 1932) by section 2, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the said Act,-- (a) every emigrant labourer in whose case, on the 3rd day of August, 1960, a period of three years from the date of his entry into Assam had not expired, (b) every emigrant labourer entering Assam on or after the 3rd day of August, 1960, being the date of the Agreement arrived at the Ninth Session of the Industrial Committee on Plantations, and before the commencement of this Act, and (c) every emigrant labourer who is in Assam immediately before the commencement of this Act and whose right of repatriation has not been waived or forfeited by agreement or otherwise under any provisions of the said Act, shall, as from the date of expiry of a period of three years from the date of his entry into Assam, whether such expiry occurs before.....

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Manipur (Hill Areas) District Councils Act, 1971 Section 4

Title: Constitution of District Councils and their Composition

State: Central

Year: 1971

(1) For each autonomous district there shall be a District Council as from such date1as the Administrator may, by notification1in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf. (2) The total number of seats in the District Council to be filled by persons chosen by direct election on the basis of adult suffrage from territorial constituencies shall be not more than eighteen. (3) The Administrator may nominate not more than two persons, not being persons in the service of Government, to be members of any District Council. ________________________ 1. District Council in each of the six Autonomous Districts in the hill areas of Manipur State, constituted w.e.f. 1-8-1973.

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Manipur (Hill Areas) District Councils Act, 1971 Section 47

Title: Supersession of the District Council

State: Central

Year: 1971

..... Provided further that the period of supersession may be extended for any further period or periods not exceeding six months at a time in consultation with the Hill Areas Committee. (2) When any District Council is superseded by an order under sub-section (1),-- (a) all the members of the Council (including the Chairman and Vice-Chairman thereof) shall, on such date as may be specified in the order, vacate their offices as such members without prejudice to their eligibility for election or nomination under clause (d); (b) during the period of supersession of the Council, all powers and duties conferred and imposed upon the Council by or under this Act or any other law shall be exercised and performed by such officer or authority as the Administrator may appoint in that behalf; (c) all property vested in the Council shall, until it is reconstituted, vest in the Central Government; (d) before the expiry of the period of supersession, election or nomination, as the case may be, of members to the Council shall be held or made for the purpose of reconstituting the Council.

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Lushai Hills District (Change of Name) Act , 1954 Complete Act

Title: Lushai Hills District (Change of Name) Act , 1954

State: Central

Year: 1954

Preamble1 - LUSHAI HILLS DISTRICT (CHANGE OF NAME) ACT , 1954 Section1 - Short title and commencement Section2 - Lushai Hills District to be known as Mizo District Section3 - Amendment to the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution Section4 - Reference to Lushai Hills District to be construed as reference to Mizo District

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