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Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1920

(1) In this act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-- (a) "measurements" include finger impressions and foot-print impressions; (b) "police officer" means an officer in-charge of a police-station, a police officer making an investigation under Chaper XIV of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898)1or any other police officer not below the rank of Sub-Inspector; and ( c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act. ____________________________ 1. Now the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974)

The Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1920

.....words "except by the District Magistrate, Sub-Divisional Magistrate, a Magistrate of the first class". [Bombay Act 8 of 1954, and Maharashtra Act 35 of 1970; Act 11 of 1960]. (b) to the first proviso, add the words "or a Presidency magistrate". Now it has been replaced by the words "Metropolitan Magistrate". Besides Bombay, Calcutta and Madras, Ahmedabad have such Magistrates, See Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Sections 8 and 16. [Bombay Act 11 of 1922, Bombay Act 17 of 1945, Maharashtra Act 35 of 1970, Act 11 of 1960]. Karnataka In its application to the State of Karnataka, in Section 5, substitute the following for first proviso: "Provided that no order shall be made directing any person to be photographed except by a District Magistrate, a Sub-Divisional Magistrate or a Magistrate of the First Class." [Karnataka Act 29 of 1975]. Comments Merely because a person was earlier prosecuted for an offence, the same not a ground to connect the said person to an habitual offender or addicted to crime. M.S. Syed Anwar and etc. v. Commissioner of Police, Bangalore City and another. 1992 Cri.L.J 1606 (Kant) SECTION 06: RESISTANCE TO THE TAKING OF.....

Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920 Part II

Title: Proceedings from Act of Insolvency to Discharge

State: Central

Year: 1920

.....under the provisions of any law referred to in clause (b) on the date of the application.] Explanation - For the purposes of this section the act of an agent may be the act of the principal.] ______________________ 1. Section 6 renumbered as subsection (1) by the Insolvency Laws (Amendment ) Act w.e.f 1-9-79. Prior to Amendment Section 6 Stood as follows "[Acts of insolvency.- A debtor commits an act of insolvency in each of the following cases, namely:- (a) if, in [Substituted by the A.O.1950 for "the Provinces"] [India] or elsewhere, he makes a transfer of all or substantially all his property to a third person for the benefit of his creditors generally; (b) if, in [Substituted by the A.O.1950 for "the Provinces"] [India] or elsewhere, he makes a transfer of his property or of any part thereof with intent to defeat or delay his creditors; (c) if, in [Substituted by the A.O.1950 for "the Provinces"] [India] or elsewhere, he makes any transfer of his property, or of any part thereof, which would, under this or any other enactment for the time being in force, be void as a fraudulent preference if he were adjudged an insolvent; (d) if, with intent to defeat or.....

Aligarh Muslim University Act, 1920 Schedule 1

Title: Schedule I

State: Central

Year: 1920

.....be, involves moral turpitude : Provided that nothing in this clause shall be deemed to affect any rights accruing to an officer appointed on contract in accordance with the terms of such contract. (3)(a) Notwithstanding anything contained in the terms of the contract of service of a teacher, the Executive Council shall be entitled to dismiss a teacher on grounds of misconduct after following the procedure specified in clause (c), but save as aforesaid, the Executive Council shall not be entitled to determine the employment of a teacher save for good cause and after giving three months' notice in writing or payment of three months' salary in lieu of such notice. (b) The determination of a teacher's employment shall require a two-thirds majority of the members of the Executive Council present and voting. (c) The Vice-Chancellor may suspend a teacher against whom any misconduct is alleged and shall report the case to the next meeting of the Executive Council, but before any orders for dismissal are passed, the teacher shall be informed of the allegations made against him and shall be given a reasonable opportunity to makesuch representation to the Executive Council or to.....

Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920 Section 6

Title: Act of Insolvency

State: Central

Year: 1920

.....the amount due under the decree or order and require the debtor to pay the same or to furnish security for the payment of such amount to the satisfaction of the creditor or his agent; (d) specify for its compliance a period of not less than one month after its service on the debtor or, if it is to be served on a debtor residing whether permanently or temporarily, outside India, such period (being not less than one month) as may be specified by the order of the District Court granting leave for the service of such notice; (e) state the consequences of non-compliance with the notice. (4) No insolvency notice shall be deemed to be invalid by reason only that the sum specified therein as the amount due under the decree or order exceeds the amount actually due, unless the debtor, within the period specified in the insolvency notice for its compliance, gives notice to the creditor that the sum specified in the insolvency notices does not correctly represent the amount due under the decree or order : Provided that if the debtor does not give any such notice as aforesaid, he shall be deemed to have complied with the insolvency notice if, within the period specified therein for.....

Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920 Section 43

Title: Adjudication to Be Annulled on Failure to Apply for Discharge

State: Central

Year: 1920

(1) If the debtor does not appear on the day fixed for hearing his application for discharge or on such subsequent day as the Court may direct, or if the debtor does not apply for an order of discharge within the period specified by the Court, {Subs.by Act 3 of 1950, s.7, for "the order of adjudication shall be annulled, and the provisions of section 37 shall apply accordingly"} [the Court may annul the order of adjudication or make such other order as it may think fit.and if the adjudication is so annulled, the provisions of section 37 shall apply]. (2) Where a debtor has been released from custody under the provisions of this Act and the order of adjudication is annulled under sub-section (1), the Court may, if it thinks fit, re-commit the debtor to his former custody, and the officer in charge of the prison to whose custody such debtor is so re-committed shall receive such debtor into his custody according to such re-commitment, and thereupon all processes which were in force against the person of such debtor at the time of such release as aforesaid shall be deemed to be still in force against him as if no order of adjudication had been made.

Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920 Part III

Title: Administration of Property

State: Central

Year: 1920

.....annum computed from the declaration of a dividend to the time when the debt would have become payable, according to the terms on which it was contracted. Section 46 - Mutual dealings and setoff Where there have been mutual dealings between an insolvent and a creditor proving or claiming to prove a debt under this Act, an account shall be taken of what is due from the one party to the other in respect of such mutual dealings, and the sum due from the one party shall be set off against any sum due from the other party, and the balance of the account, and no more, shall be claimed or paid on either side respectively. Section 47 - Secured creditors (1) Where a secured creditor realises his security, he may prove for the balance due to him, after deducting the net amount realised. (2) Where a secured creditor relinquishes his security for the general benefit of the creditors, he may prove for his whole debt. (3) Where a secured creditor does not either realise or relinquish his security, he shall, before being entitled to have his debt entered in the schedule, state in his proof the particulars of his security, and the value at which he assesses it, and shall be entitled.....

Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920 Section 47

Title: Secured Creditors

State: Central

Year: 1920

.....he assesses it, and shall be entitled to receive a dividend only in respect of the balance due to him after deducting the value so assessed. (4) Where a security is so valued, the Court may at any time before realisation redeem it on payment to the creditor of the assessed value. (5) Where a creditor, after having valued his security, subsequently realises it, the net amount realised shall be substituted for the amount of any valuation previously made by the creditor, and shall be treated in all respects as an amended valuation made by the creditor. (6) Where a secured creditor does not comply with the provisions of this section, he shall be excluded from all share in any dividend.

Aligarh Muslim University Act, 1920 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1920

ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY ACT, 1920 ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY ACT, 1920 40 of 1920 Act 62 of 1951.- "The University Education Commission, while making certain recommendations in regard to University education generally, have also dealt with certain special problems relating to the Central Universities at Banaras, Aligarh and Delhi. These recommendations were generally approved by the Central Advisory Board of Education at their meeting in April, 1950. The Govern- ment of India, after careful consideration of the matter, have decided that while it is not necessary to change the names of the Banaras and Aligarh Universities the disqualifications imposed by the respective Acts on non-Hindus and non-Muslims being members of the Court of the University should be removed. They have also decided that other recommendations of the University Educa- tion Commission, in so far as they relate to the Central Universities, should be implemented as far as possible. It is, therefore, now proposed to amend the Aligarh Muslim University Act in order to give effect to those recommendations. 2. The main features of the Bill are- (i) religious instruction is to be given only to those.....

Indian Securities Act, 1920 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1920

..... Section 4 Right of survivors of joint or several payees of Government securities (1) Notwithstanding anything in section 45 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, (9 of 1872)-- (a) when a Government security is payable is payable to two or more persons jointly and either or any of them dies, the security shall be payable to the survivor or survivors of those persons, and (b) when a Government security is payable to two or more persons severally and either or any of them dies, the security shall be payable to the survivor or survivors of those persons or to the representative of the deceased, or to any of them. (2) This section shall apply whether such death occurred or occurs before or after this Act come into force. (3) Nothing herein contained shall affect any claim which any representative of a deceased person may have against the survivor or survivors under or in respect of any security to which sub-section (1) applies.[Inserted By Act 2 of 1928, section 2 ] [(4) For the purpose of this section, a body incorporated under the Indian Companies Act, 1913, [See now the Companies Act, 1956 (1 0f 1956).] (7 of 1913.) or the Co-operative Societies Act, 1912, (2 of 1912.) or any.....