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Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1961

.....One has to approach them in other ways too, but legislation is necessary and essential, so that it may give that push and have that educative factor as well as the legal sanctions behind it which help public opinion to be given a certain shape." The recommendations made by the Joint Committee of the Houses to examine the question of working of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 have been considered keeping in view these observations and after taking into consideration the comments received on the Report from the State Governments, Union territory administrations and the different administrative Ministries of the Union concerned ,with the matter. One of the important recommenda- tions of the Committee for dealing with cruelty to a married woman by the husband or the relatives of the husband on the ground of non-receipt of dowry or insufficient dowry has already been given effect to by the Criminal Law (Second Amendment) Act, 1983. This Act amended, inter alia, the Indian Penal Code to include therein a provision for punishment for cruelty to married women and was aimed at dealing directly with the problem of dowry suicides and dowry deaths. 3. The Joint Committee has.....

Essential Commodities Act, 1955 Appendix I

Title: The Essential Commodities (Special Provisions) Act, 1981

State: Central

Year: 1955

.....just and proper so to do for any other special reason to be recorded in writing; (e) a Special Court may, upon a perusal of police report of the facts constituting an offence under this Act5[or upon a complaint made by an Officer of the Central .Government or a State Government authorised in this behalf by the Government concerned]6[or any person aggrieved or any recognised consumer association, whether such person is a member of that association or not,] take cognizance of that offence without the accused being committed to it for trial; (f) all offences under this Act shall be tried in a summary way and the provisions of sections 262 to 265 (both inclusive) of the Code shall, as far as may be, apply to such trial: Provided that in the case of any conviction in a summary trial under this section, it shall be lawful for the Special Court to pass a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years. (2) When trying an offence under this Act, a Special Court may also try an offence other than an offence under this Act, with which the accused may, under the Code, be charged at the same trial: Provided that such other offence is, under any other law for the time.....

Essential Commodities (Special Provisions) Act, 1981 Preamble 1

Title: Essential Commodities (Special Provisions) Act, 1981

State: Central

Year: 1981

ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) ACT, 1981 [Act, No. 18 of 1981] PREAMBLE An Act to make certain special provisions by way of amendments to the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, for a temporary period for dealing more effectively with persons indulging in hoarding and black marketing of,-and profiteering in, essential commodities and with the evil of vicious inflationary prices and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Whereas for ensuring the availability of essential commodities at fair prices, it is necessary to curb the hoarding and black marketing of, and profiteering in, such commodities; And whereas for dealing more effectively with persons indulging in such antisocial activities and the evil of vicious inflationary prices, it is necessary to make certain special provisions by way of amendments to the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955), for a period of1[fifteen] years; Be it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:-- ________________________ 1. Substituted for "ten" by the Essential Commodities (Special Provisions) Amendment Act, 1993, w.r.e.f. 27.08.1992.

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....as such Magistrate, exercised the powers of an Assistant Sessions Judge, he may be invested with the powers under this section notwithstanding the fact that he has not exercised the powers of Magistrate of the first class for not less than ten years." Act 19 of 1969, Section 3 and Schedule, Item 14 (in Delhi on 2-10-1969). WEST BENGAL In its application to the State of West Bengal, for Section 30, substitute the following, namely: "30. Offences punishment with imprisonment not exceeding seven years.-Notwithstanding any thing contained in Section 28 or Section 29, the State Government may, in consultation with the High Court, invest any Judicial Magistrate of the first class with power to try as a Magistrate all offences not punishable with death or with imprisonment for life or with imprisonment for a term exceeding seven years : Provided that no Judicial Magistrate of the first class has, prior to his appointment as such powers unless he has, for not less than ten years, exercised powers not inferior to those of a Judicial Magistrate of the first class : Provided further that if any Judicial Magistrate of the first class has, prior to his appointment as such Magistrate,.....

Essential Commodities (Special Provisions) Act, 1981 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1981

.....is just and proper so to do for any other special reason to be recorded in writing; (e). a Special Court may, upon a perusal of police report of the facts constituting an offence under this Act take cognizance of that offence without the accused being committed to it for trial; (f) all offences under this Act shall be tried in a summary way and the provisions of sections 262-to265-(both inclusive) of the Code shall, as far as may be, apply to such trial Provided that in the case of any conviction in a summary trial under this section, it shall be lawful for the Special Court to pass a sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years. (2) When trying an offence under this Act, a Special Court may also try an offence other than an offence under this Act, with which the accused may, under the Code, be charged at the same trial: Provided that such other offence is, under any other law for the time being in force, triable in a summary way: Provided further that in the case of any conviction for such other offence in such trial, it shall not be lawful for the Special Court to pass a sentence of imprisonment for a term exceeding the term provided for conviction in a summary.....

Representation of the People Act, 1950 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1950

.....equivalent examination. A combined electorate for the States of Ajmer and Coorg which have been allotted only one seat between them will not be satisfactory. A special provision has accordingly been included for filling this seat by rotation by holding election every two years in the State of Ajmer and in the State of Coorg. The Bill also seeks to enact the provisions of the Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 1950 which was promulgated on the 17th day of October, 1950. This provides for the preparation of the first electoral rolls in relation to such electoral units in each State as the Elections Commission may in consultation with the Government of that State direct, and also for the preliminary publication of the electoral rolls by reference to such electoral units instead of constituencies which have not yet been delimited. It also provides that after each constituency in a Slate has been deter- mined and the claims and objections in respect of the electoral rolls for all the electoral units or parts of such units as comprised in such constituency have been disposed of, the rolls shall be published as the electoral roll for such constitu- ency. These.....

The Chhattisgarh Tonahi Pratadna Nivaran Act, 2005 Complete Act

State: Chattisgarh

Year: 2005

.....fine, the Court shall when passing judgment, order the whole or part of the fine recovered to be awarded as compensation to the victim. Section 14 - Bar of Jurisdiction No Civil Court shall entertain any suit or proceeding against any decision made or order passed by any officer or authority under this Act or any rule made thereunder. Section 15 - Protection of Action taken in good faith No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the State Government or any officer of the State Government or any other person exercising any power or discharging any function or performing any duty under this Act, for anything done in good faith or intended to be done under this Act or any rule made thereunder. Section 16 - Power to make Rule The State Government may, by notification make the rules to carry out the provisions of this Act. Every rule made under this Act by the State Government shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the State Legislature. Chhatisgarh State Acts

The Jharkhand Panchayat Raj Act, 2001 Complete Act

State: Jharkhand

Year: 2001

.....that if any constituency does not again elect a member, then proceedings of fresh election in such constituency shall be started only after satisfaction of the State Election commission to the effect that there is the possibility of a member being elected from the said constituency. Section 34 - Incorporation of the Panchayat Samiti Every Panchayat Samiti shall be a body corporate in the name of its Panchayat Samiti having perpetual succession and a common seal, and the shall, subject to such restrictions as may be imposed by or under this Act or any other Act, have vested in it the powers to sue or be sued or to acquire, hold and transfer movable or immovable property within or beyond the limits of its jurisdiction or to enter into agreements and to do everything necessary, proper and expedient for the purposes for which it has been constituted in its own corporate name. Section 35 - Division of the Panchayat Samiti into territorial constituencies 1. The Panchayat Samiti shall be divided into as many territories as the number whereof may from time to time be notified by the District Magistrate and every constituency of the Panchayat Samaiti shall as far as possible.....

The Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1994

.....articles of food or for the sale, or purchase of livestock or poultry, or of any agricultural or industrial or industrial produce or any raw or manufactured products or any other articles or commodity necessary for the convenience of life provided that a single shop or a group of shops not being more than six in number shall not be deemed a market; (xxvi) 'member' means the member of a Panchayat at any level; (xxvi) 'Panchayat' means a. Village Panchayat, a Block Panchayat or a District Panchayat; (xxvi) 'Panchayat area' means the area within the territorial jurisdiction of a Panchayat; (xxvii) 'political party' means a political party registered under Section 29 A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (Central Act 43 of 1951); (xxviii) 'polling stations' means any place appointed for holding election to a Panchayat; (xxix) 'population' means the population assessed at the last census the relevant details of which have been officially published; (xxx) 'prescribed' means prescribed by the rules made under this Act; (xxxi) 'President' or 'Vice-President' means the President or the Vice-President of a Village Panchayat or Block Panchayat or District.....

Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporation Act, 1949 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1949

.....drains and polluted water from sinks, bath -rooms, stables, cattle-sheds and other like places, and includes trade effluent and discharges from manufactures of all kinds ; (61) "special fund" means a fund constituted under section 91 ; (62) "standing order" means an order made under section 466 ; (62A)1[ "State Election Commission" means the State Election Commission consisting of the State Election Commissioner appointed in accordance with the provisions of clause (1) of article 243 -K of the Constitution of India;] (63) "Street" includes any highway, and any causeway, bridge, viaduct, arch, road, lane, footway, sub-way, court, alley or riding path or passage, whether a thoroughfare or not, over which the public have a right of passage or access or have passed and had access uninterruptedly for a period of twenty years, and when there is a footway as well as a carriage way in any street, the said term includes both ; (64) "Sweetmeat shop" means any premises or part of any premises used for the manufacture, treatment or storage for sale or for the sale, wholesale or retail of any ice cream, confections or sweetmeats whatsoever, for whomsoever intended, and by whatsoever name the.....