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Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1961

.....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 recommended that the definition of "dowry" contained in section 2 of the 1961 Act should be modified by omitting the expression "as consideration for the marriage" used therein on the ground that it is well nigh impossible to prove that anything given were a consideration for the marriage for the obvious and simple reason that the giver i.e., the parents who are usually the victims would be reluctant and unwilling to set the law in motion. The omission of the words "as consideration for the marriage" would make the definition not only wide but also unworkable, for, if these words are omitted, anything given, whether before or after or at the time of marriage by any one, may amount to dowry. The Supreme Court has also placed a liberal construction on the word "dowry" as used in section 4.....

The Maharashtra Medical Practitioners Act, 1961 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1961

THE MAHARASHTRA MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS ACT, 1961 THE MAHARASHTRA MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS ACT, 1961 [ACT No. XXVIII OF 1961]1 Received the assent of the President on the 10th day of June 1961; assent first published in the Maharashtra Government Gazette, Part IV, on the 20th day of June, 1961. Amended by Mah.19 of 1962. 17 of 1965. 21 of 1966. 4 of 1969. 5 of 1972. 49 of 1973 (20-2-1974) 3Oof 1979 (1-10-1976) 66 of 1981 (23 12 1981) 23 of 1982 (30 6 1982) 34 of 1986 (12-8-1986) 21 of 1993 (20-5-1993) 9 of 2001 (13-3-2001) An Act to regulate the qualifications and to provide for the registration of practitioners of the Ayurvedic 2[Siddha] and Unani Systems of Medicine, with a view to encourage the study and spread of such systems, and to make certain provisions relating to medical practitioners generally, in the State of Maharashtra, and for that purpose to consolidate and amend the law relating thereto. WHEREAS, It is expedient to regulate the qualifications and to provide for the registration of practitioners of the Ayurvedic 2[Siddha] and Unani Systems of Medicine, with a view to encourage the study and spread of such systems, and to make certain provisions relating to.....

Animal Disease (Control) Act, 1961 Chapter 1

Title: Preliminary

State: Karnataka

Year: 1961

.....section 3; (f) "notification" means a notification published in the official Gazette; (g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (h) "rules" means rules made under section 36; (i) "Veterinary Officer' means a Veterinary Officer appointed under section 3. Section 3 - Appointment of Veterinary Officers and Inspectors (1) The State Government may by notification, appoint a person duly qualified in veterinary medicine to be a Veterinary Officer for the purpose of this Act for such local area as may be specified in the notification. (2) The State Government or any officer authorised in this behalf, may appoint any person duly qualified in veterinary medicine to be an Inspector for all or any of the purposes of this Act and may specify the area within which he shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of an Inspector under this Act. (3) A Veterinary Officer shall within the area for which he is appointed exercise all the powers of an Inspector under this Act and may exercise such powers in addition to his powers as Veterinary Officer. Section 4 - Veterinary Officers and Inspectors to be public servants Every Veterinary Officer and every.....

Animal Disease (Control) Act, 1961 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Karnataka

Year: 1961

.....John's disease, and includes such other diseases as may be notified by the State Government in this behalf; (c) "infected area" means an area declared to be an infected area under section 9; (d) "infected animal" means an animal which is affected with a contagious or infectious disease or has recently been in contact with or in close proximity to an animal so affected; (e) "Inspector" means an Inspector appointed or empowered under section 3; (f) "notification" means a notification published in the official Gazette; (g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (h) "rules" means rules made under section 36; (i) "Veterinary Officer' means a Veterinary Officer appointed under section 3.