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Bombay Aerial Ropeways Act, 1955, (Maharashtra) Section 36

Title: Maliciously Doing, Abetting or Attempting to Do, Acts Endangering Safety of Persons Travelling or Being Upon Aerial Ropeway

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1955

If any person does anything mentioned in clause (a), (b) or (c) of section 35 or does, attempts to do, or abets, within the meaning of the Indian Penal Code, the doing of any other act or thing in relation to an aerial ropeway with intent or with knowledge that he is likely to endanger the safety of any person travelling or being upon the aerial ropeway, he shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to fourteen years.

Bombay Highways Act, 1955, (Maharashtra) Section 26

Title: Doing Minimum Damage in Certain Cases and Compensation

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1955

In the exercise of the powers under the following provisions by the Highway Authority or any officer or servant appointed under section 6 or any other person authorised by or under this Act by the State Government, as little damage as can be shall be done and compensation in the manner prescribed by or under this Act shall be paid to any person who sustains damage in consequence of the exercise of such powers, namely :- (a) the imposition of restrictions under section 9; (b) the setting back of any building or part thereof under section 12; (c) the regulation or diversion of any right of access to a highway under section 13; (d) the entry, survey, measurement and doing of any of the acts on any land under section 14; 1[(e) * * *] ; (f) the closure of any highway or part thereof under section 52. __________________ 1. Clause (e) was deleted by Mah. 37 of 1999, Section 3.

Bombay Highways Act, 1955 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1955

.....wheeled conveyance of any description capable of being used on a highway ; (s) the expressions "land", "persons interested" and "persons entitled to act" used in this Act shall have the same meaning as the said expressions have in the Land Requisition Act, 1894. CHAPTER 02: DECLARATION OF HIGHWAYS, HIGHWAY AUTHORITIES AND THEIR POWERS AND FUNCTIONS SECTION 03: DECLARATION OF ROADS, WAYS OR LANDS AS HIGHWAYS The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare any road, way or land to be a highway and classify it as " (i) a State highway (Special), (ii) a State highway, (iii) a major district road, (iv) other district road, or (v) a village road. SECTION 04: APPOINTMENT OF HIGHWAY AUTHORITIES The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint for the purpose of this Act or any of its provisions, any person or any authority to be a Highway Authority for all the highways5[in the State] or, in parts 6[thereof] or for any particular highway or highways7[therein], specified in the notification. SECTION 05: DUTIES OF HIGHWAY AUTHORITIES Subject to such conditions as may be specified in the notification appointing a Highway Authority and.....

The Travancorecochin Public Health Act, 1955 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1955

.....does not include an honorary Magistrate; (24) "Medical practitioner" means a practitioner registered under the Travancore-Cochin Medical Practitioners Act, 1953 or who has got any medical qualification recognized by the Government; (25) "Milk" means the milk of a cow, buffalo, goat, ass or other animal and includes cream, skimmed milk, separated milk, and condensed, sterilized or desiccated milk or any other product of milk; (26) "Notification" means a notification in the Gazette; (27) "Nuisance" includes any act, omission, place or thing which causes or is likely to cause injury, danger, annoyance or offence to the sense of sight, smell or hearing or disturbance to rest or sleep or which is or may be dangerous to life or injurious to the health or property of the public or the people in general who dwell or occupy property in the vicinity or persons who may have occasion to use any public right; (28) "Occupier" includes " (a) any person for the time being paying or liable to pay to the owner the rent or any portion of the rent of the land or building or part of the same in respect of which the word is used or damages on account of the occupation of such land,.....

The Essential Commodities Act, 1955 Complete Act

State: Punjab

Year: 1955

.....Section 12-B GRANT OF INJUNCTION, ETC., BY CIVIL COURTS. 13 PRESUMPTION AS TO ORDERS. 14 BURDEN OF PROOF IN CERTAIN CASES. 15 PROTECTION OF ACTION TAKEN UNDER ACT. Section 15-A. PROSECUTION OF PUBLIC SERVANT. 16. Repeals and savings." 1 SHORT TITLE AND EXTENT. (1) This Act may be called the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. (2) It extends to the whole of India 1[***]. 2 DEFINITIONS. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, - 2[***] 2[3[(ia) "Collector" includes an Additional Collector and such other officer, not below the rank of Sub-Divisional Officer, as may be authorised by the Collector to perform the functions and exercise the powers of the Collector under this Act;]] 4[***] (b) "food-crops" include crops of sugarcane; (c) "notified order" means an order notified in the Official Gazette; 5[(cc) "order" includes a direction issued thereunder;] 6[(d) "State Government," in relation to a Union territory, means the administrator thereof;] 7[(e) "sugar" means" (i) any form of sugar containing more than ninety per cent., of sucrose, including sugar candy; (ii) khandsari sugar or bura sugar or crushed sugar or any sugar in crystalline or powdered form; or (iii).....

West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1955

.....of his own interest therein, but does not include the right of the bargadar to cultivate the land of the holding; 1010. Clause (7) subs. by W.B. Act Act 50 of 1981, which was earlier as under: "(7) "land" means agricultural land other than land comprised in a tea- garden which is retained under sub-section (3) of section 6 of the West Bengal Estates Acquisition Act, 1953, and includes home-steads but does not include tank. Explanation: "Homestead" shall have the same meaning as in the West Bengal Estates Acquisition Act, 1953.'. (7) "land" means land of every description and includes tank, tank-fishery, fishery, homestead, or land used for the purpose of livestock breeding, poultry farming, dairy or land comprised in tea garden, mill, factory, workshop, orchard, hat, bazar, ferries, tolls or land having any other sairati interests and any other land together with all interests, and benefits arising out of land and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to earth; (8) "Personal cultivation" means cultivation by a person of his own land on his own account (a) by his own labour, or (b) by the labour of any member of his family, or (c) by.....

Essential Commodities Act, 1955 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1955

.....WITH OTHER ENACTMENTS Any order made under section 3-shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any enactment other than this Act or any instrument having effect by virtue of any enactment other than this Act. SECTION 06A: CONFISCATION OF ESSENTIAL COMMODITY 8[(1)] Where any essential commodity is seized in pursuance of an order made under section 3- in relation thereto,9[a report of such seizure shall, without unreasonable delay, be made to] the Collector of the district or the Presidency-town in which such essential commodity is seized and whether or not a prosecution is instituted for the contravention of such order, the Collector10[may, if he thinks it expedient so to do, direct the essential commodity so seized to be produced for inspection before him, and if he is satisfied] that there has been a contravention of the order, may order confiscation of - (a) the essential commodity so seized; (b) any package, covering or receptacle in which such essential commodity is found; and (c) any animal, vehicle, vessel or other conveyance used in carrying such essential commodity: Provided that without prejudice to any action which may be.....

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1955

.....and applies also to Hindus domiciled in the territories to which this Act extends who are outside the said territories. SECTION 02: APPLICATION OF ACT (1) This Act applies- (a) to any person who is a Hindu by religion in any of its forms or developments, including a Virashaiva, a Lingayat or a follower of the Brahmo, Prarthana or Arya Samaj, (b) to any person who is a Buddhist, Jaina or Sikh by religion, and (c) to any other person domiciled in the territories to which this Act extends who is not a Muslim, Christian, Parsi or Jew by religion, unless it is proved that any such person would not have been governed by the Hindu law or by any custom or usage as part of that law in respect of any of the matters dealt with herein if this Act had not been passed. Explanation: The following persons are Hindus, Buddhists, Jainas or Sikhs by religion, as the case may be:- (a) any child, legitimate or illegitimate, both of whose parents are Hindus, Buddhists, Jainas, or Sikhs by religion; (b) any child, legitimate or illegitimate, one of whose parents is a Hindu, Buddhist, Jaina or Sikh by religion and who is brought up as a member of the tribe, community, group or family to which such.....

Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1955

.....12-shall be construed as references to Sec. 12-read with this section. (3) The Tribunal, in discharging its functions under this Act, may act on the evidence recorded by the Wage Board or partly recorded by the Wage Board and partly recorded by itself: Provided that if the Tribunal is of opinion that further examination of any of the witnesses whose evidence has already been recorded Is necessary in the interests of justice it may re-summon any such witness, and after such further examination, cross-examination and re-examination. If any, as it may permit, the witness shall be discharged. (4) On the constitution of a Tribunal under sub-section (1) the Board constituted under Sec. 9-and functioning immediately before such constitution shall cease to exist and the members constituting that Board shall be deemed to have vacated their offices : Provided that any interim rates of wages fixed by the Central Government under Sec. 13-A-in respect of working journalists, and in force immediately before the constitution of the Tribunal shall remain in force until the order of the Central Government under Sec. 12- read with this section comes into operation.] SECTION.....

The Bombay Aerial Ropeways Act, 1955 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1955

THE BOMBAY AERIAL ROPEWAYS ACT, 1955 THE BOMBAY AERIAL ROPEWAYS ACT, 1955 Bombay Act No III of 1955 22nd February, 1956 An Act to authorize, facilitate and regulate the construction and working of aerial ropeways in the State of Maharashtra WHEREAS it is expedient to authorize, facilitate and regulate t construction rand working of aerial ropeways in the State of Maharashtra; It is hereby enacted in the Sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Bombay Aerial Ropeways Act, 1955. 1 [(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Maharashtra (3) It shall come into force 2 [in the Bombay area of the State of Maharashtra] on such date' as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, 4 [appoint; and that part of the State of Maharashtra to which it is extended by the Bombay Aerial Ropeways (Extension and Amendment) Act, 1969, it shall come into force on such other date as the State Government may, by like notification published in the like manner, appoint.); 6 [(4) On the commencement of this Act in the manner provided in sub-section (3) in any area.....