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Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1993

..... SECTION 10: POWER OF EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY TO PREVENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN CERTAIN CASES (1) On receipt of information with respect to the fact or apprehension of any occurrence of contravention of the provisions of section 3-, whether through intimation by some person or on a report of the inspector or otherwise, the Executive Authority shall, as early as practicable. besides taking any other action under this Act, direct the owner or occupier of the premises to take such remedial measures, as may be necessary, within such reasonable time as may be specified therein and in case the owner or occupier, as the case may be, fails to comply with such directions, cause such remedial measures to be taken as are necessary to prevent or mitigate the environmental pollution at the cost of such owner or occupier of the premises. (2) The expenses, if any, incurred by the Executive Authority with respect to the remedial measures referred to in sub-section (1), together with interest at such rate as the State Government may specify from the date when a demand for the expenses is made until it is paid, may be recovered by such authority or agency from the person concerned as arrears.....

The Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993 Complete Act

State: Rajasthan

Year: 1993

.....pollution. 10. Power of Executive Authority to prevent environmental pollution in certain cases. (1) On receipt of information with respect to the fact or apprehension of any occurrence of contravention of the provisions of section 3, whether through intimation by some person or on a report of the inspector or otherwise, the Executive Authority shall, as early as practicable, besides taking any other action under this Act, direct the owner or occupier of the premises to take such remedial measures, as may be necessary, within such reasonable time as may be specified therein and in case the owner or occupier, as the case may be, fails to comply with such directions, cause such remedial measures to be taken as are necessary to prevent or mitigate the environmental pollution at the cost of such owner or occupier of the premises. (2) The expenses, if any, incurred by the Executive Authority with respect to the remedial measures referred to in sub-section (1), together with interest at such rate as the State Government may specify from the date when a demand for the expenses is made until it is paid, may be recovered by such authority or agency from the person concerned as arrears.....

Employment of Manual Scavengers Act 1993 Preamble 1

Title: Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993

State: Central

Year: 1993

.....conservation of dry latrines into water-seal latrines and prevention of construction of dry latrines are not stringent enough to eliminate this practice; AND WHEREAS it is necessary to enact a uniform legislation for the whole of India for abolishing manual scavenging by declaring employment of manual scavengers for removal of human excreta an offence and thereby Hanna the further proliferation of dry latrines in the country; AND WHEREAS it is desirable for eliminating the denominating practice of employment of manual scavengers and for protecting and improving the human environment to make it obligatory to convert dry; latrines into water-seal latrines or to construct water-seal latrines in new constructions; AND WHEREAS Parliament has no power to make laws for the States with respect to the matters aforesaid, except as provided in articles 249 and 250 of the Constitution; AND WHEREAS in pursuance of clause (1) of article 252 of the Constitution, resolutions have been passed by all the Houses of the Legislatures of the States of Andhra Pradesh, GAO, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tripura and West Bengal that the matters aforesaid should be regulated in those States by.....

Factories Act, 1948 Section 43

Title: Facilities for Storing and Drying Clothing

State: Central

Year: 1948

The State Government may, in respect of any factory or class or description of factories, make rules requiring the provision therein of suitable places for keeping clothing not worn daring working hours and for the drying of wet clothing.

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 Chapter V

Title: Strikes and Lock-outs

State: Central

Year: 1947

.....24 - Illegal strikes and lock-outs (1) A strike or a lock-out shall be illegal if-- (i) it is commenced or declared in contravention of section 22 or section 23; or (ii) it is continued in contravention of an order made under sub-section (3) of section 101[or sub-section (4A) of section 10A]. (2) Where a strike or lock-out in pursuance of an industrial dispute has already commenced and is in existence at the time of the reference of the dispute to a Board1[an arbitrator, a]2[Labour Court, Tribunal or National Tribunal], the continuance of such strike or lock-out shall not be deemed to be illegal, provided that such strike or lock-out was not at its commencement in contravention of the provisions of this Act or the continuance thereof was not prohibited under sub-section (3) of section 101[or sub-section (4A) of section 10A] (3) A lock-out declared in consequence of an illegal strike or a strike declared in consequence of an illegal lock-out shall not be deemed to be illegal. ________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 36 of 1964, Section 12 (w.e.f. 19-12-1964). 2. Substituted by Act 36 of 1956, Section 18, for "or Tribunal" (w.e.f. 10-3-1957). Section.....

Companies Act, 1956 Section 205

Title: Dividend to Be Paid Only out of Profits

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....the expiry of the specified period; or (d) as regards any other depreciable asset for which no rate of depreciation has been laid down by 3 [this Act or any rules made thereunder], on such basis as may be approved by the Central Government by any general order published in the Official Gazette or by any special order in any particular case: Provided that where depreciation is provided for in the manner laid down in clause (b) or clause (c), then, in the event of the depreciable asset being sold, discarded, demolished or destroyed the written down value thereof at the end of the financial year in which the asset is sold, discarded, demolished or destroyed, shall be written off in accordance with the proviso to section 350. 4 [(2A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), on and from the commencement of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1974 no dividend shall be declared or paid by a company for any financial year out of the profits of the company for that year arrived at after providing for depreciation in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2), except after the transfer to the reserves of the company of such percentage of its profits for that year,.....

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 Section 22

Title: Prohibition of Strikes and Lock-outs

State: Central

Year: 1947

.....by the appropriate Government either generally or for a particular area or for a particular class of public utility services. (4) The notice of strike referred to in sub-section (1) shall be given by such number of persons to such person or persons and in such manner as may be prescribed. (5) The notice of lock-out referred to in sub-section (2) shall be given in such manner as may be prescribed. (6) If on any day an employer receives from any person employed by him any such notices as are referred to in sub-section (1) or gives to any persons employed by him any such notices as are referred to in sub-section (2), he shall within five days, thereof report to the appropriate Government or to such authority as that Government may prescribe the number of such notices received or given on that day.

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 Section 24

Title: Illegal Strikes and Lock-outs

State: Central

Year: 1947

(1) A strike or a lock-out shall be illegal if-- (i) it is commenced or declared in contravention of section 22 or section 23; or (ii) it is continued in contravention of an order made under sub-section (3) of section 101[or sub-section (4A) of section 10A]. (2) Where a strike or lock-out in pursuance of an industrial dispute has already commenced and is in existence at the time of the reference of the dispute to a Board1[an arbitrator, a]2[Labour Court, Tribunal or National Tribunal], the continuance of such strike or lock-out shall not be deemed to be illegal, provided that such strike or lock-out was not at its commencement in contravention of the provisions of this Act or the continuance thereof was not prohibited under sub-section (3) of section 101[or sub-section (4A) of section 10A] (3) A lock-out declared in consequence of an illegal strike or a strike declared in consequence of an illegal lock-out shall not be deemed to be illegal. ________________________ 1. Inserted by Act 36 of 1964, Section 12 (w.e.f. 19-12-1964). 2. Substituted by Act 36 of 1956, Section 18, for "or Tribunal" (w.e.f. 10-3-1957).

Improvement Boards Act, 1976 Section 33

Title: Power of Board to Order Work to Be Carried out or to Carry It out Itself in Default

State: Karnataka

Year: 1976

(1) The Board may,- (a) if any person permitted to carry out the work relating to the forming of the extension or lay-out or the making of a street, does not carry it out ; or (b) if any private street or part thereof is not levelled, paved, metalled, flagged, channelled, sewered, conserved or lighted to the satisfaction of the Board, by notice, require the person forming the extension or lay-out or the owners of such street or part and the owners of buildings and lands abutting such street or part, including in cases where the owners of the land or the building thereon are different the owners both of the land and of the building, to carry out any work which, in its opinion, may be necessary and within such time as may be specified in such notice. (2) If any such work is not carried out within the time specified in the notice under sub-section (1), the Board may, if it thinks fit, execute it and the expenses incurred shall be paid by the persons or owners referred to in sub-section (1) in such proportions as may be determined by the Board, such expenses may be recovered from the persons concerned as if they were arrears of land revenue.

Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964 Section 172

Title: Power of Municipal Council to Order Work to Be Carried out or to Carry It out Itself in Default

State: Karnataka

Year: 1964

.....or the making of a street, does not so carry it out; or (b) if any private street or part thereof is not levelled, paved, metalled, flagged, channelled, sewered, drained, conserved or lighted to the satisfaction of the municipal council, by notice, require the person forming the extension or lay-out or the owners of such street or part and the owners of buildings and lands fronting or abutting on such street or part, including in cases where the owners of the land and of the building thereon are different, the owners both of the land and of the building, to carry out any work which, in its opinion, may be necessary and within such time as may be specified in such notice. (2) If any such work is not carried out within the time specified in the notice under sub-section (1), the municipal council may, if it thinks fit, execute it or cause it to be executed and the expenses incurred shall be paid by the persons or owners referred to in sub-section (1) in such proportions as may be determined by the municipal council. Such expenses may be recovered from the persons concerned as if they were arrears of land revenue.