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Majority Act, 1875 Preamble 1

Title: Majority Act, 1875

State: Central

Year: 1875

THE MAJORITY ACT, 18751 [Act, No. 9 of 1875] [2nd March, 1875] PREAMBLE An Act to amend the law respecting the age of majority. WHEREAS, in the case of persons domiciled in2[India] it is expedient3[to specify the age of majority]; It is hereby enacted as follows:-- ________________________ 1. This act has been extended to Dadra and Nagar Haveli by REg. 6 of 1963, sec. 2 and Sch. I and the whole of the Union territory of Lakshadweep by Reg. 8 of 1965, sec. 3 and Sch. This Act has been extended to Pondicherry by Act 26 of 1968, subject to the following modification:-- In section 1 at the end, insert:-- "Provided the nothing contained in this Act shall apply to the Renoncants of the union territory of Pondicherry.". 2. Substituted by Act 3 of 1951, sec. 3 and Sch., for "Part a States and Part C States". 3. Substituted by Act 33 of 1999 sec. 2, for certain words (w.e.f. 16-12-1999).

Majority Act, 1875 Section 3

Title: Age of Majority of Persons Domiciled in India

State: Central

Year: 1875

1[3. Age of majority of persons domiciled in India (1) Every person domiciled in India shall attain the age of majority on his completing the age of eighteen years and not before. (2) In computing the age of any person, the day on which he was born is to be included as a whole day and he shall be deemed to have attained majority at the beginning of the eighteenth anniversary of that day.] ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 33 of 1999, sec 4 for sections 3 and 4 (w.e.f. 16-12-1999).

Majority Act, 1875 Complete Act

Title: Majority Act, 1875

State: Central

Year: 1875

Preamble1 - MAJORITY ACT, 1875 Section1 - Short title Section2 - Saving Section3 - Age of majority of persons domiciled in India

Indian Majority Act, 1875 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1875

.....the age of majority. WHEREAS, in the case of persons domiciled in [India] it is expedient 2["to specify the age of majority"]; It is hereby enacted as follows :-This Act has been declared, by notification under the Scheduled Districts Act, 1874(14 of 1874), S. 3(a), to be in force in the following Scheduled Districts, namely:- The Districts of Hazaribagh, Lohardaga and Manbhum, and Pargana Dhalbhum and the Kolhan in the District of Singbhum. [The Lohardaga District included at this time the present District of Palamau, which was separated in 1894. Lohardaga is now called the Ranchi District; Cal Gaz., 1899, Pt. I, p. 44]. See Gaz. of Ind., 1881, Pt. I, p. 504. All these' areas are in Bibar State fiow. Tarai (U.P.) See Gaz. of Ind., Pt. 1. p. 505. The Act has been extended to the new Provinces and Merged States by the Merged States (Laws) Act, 1949 (59 of 1949),S.3(1-1-1950), and to the States of Manipur, Tripura and Vindhya Pradesh by the Union Territories (Laws) Act, 1950 (30 of 1950), S. 3 (16-4-1950). Manipur and Tripura are States now and Vindhya Pradesh has merged with the Slate of Madhya Pradesh-See Act 37 of 1956, S. 9(l)(e). See also Act 81 of 1971, Ss. 3 and 4.....

Delhi Rent Act, 1995 Section 65

Title: Decision to Be by Majority

State: Central

Year: 1995

The decision of a Bench consisting of more than one Member on any point shall, where there is a majority, be according to the opinion of the majority, and where there is no majority and the Members are equally divided in their opinion, they shall draw up a statement of the case setting forth the point or points on which they differ and make a reference to the Chairman, and on receipt of such reference, the Chairman may arrange for the hearing of such point or points by one or more of the other Members (including, if he did not preside over such Bench, himself) and such point or points shall be decided according to the opinion by the majority of the Members who have heard the case, including those who had first heard it.

Calcutta Pilots Act, 1859 Section 16

Title: Verdict of Jurors

State: Central

Year: 1859

Upon the completion of the trial the jurors shall give their verdict upon the charge, or, if there be more than one, upon each separate charge. The verdict shall be according to the opinion of the majority of jurors. If the jurors are equally divided, the Judge shall declare his opinion, and the verdict shall be according to the opinion of the Judge and the jurors with whom he concurs.

Maharashtra Appropriation (Excess Expenditure) Act, 2003 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 2003

.....year of the Republic of India as follows SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE This Act may be called the Maharashtra Appropriation (Excess Expenditure) Act, 2003. SECTION 02: ISSUE OF RS. 275,53,46,462 OUT OF THE CONSOLIDATED FUND OF THE STATE TO MEET CERTAIN EXCESS EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR 1995-1996. From and out of the Consolidated Fund of the State, the sums specified in Column (4) of the Schedule hereto annexed amounting in aggregate to the sum of two hundred seventy five crores, fifty three lakhs, forty six thousand, four hundred sixty two rupees shall be deemed to have been authorised to be paid and applied to meet the amount spent for defraying the several charges in respect of the services and purposes specified in Column (2) of the schedule during the financial year ended on the thirty-first day of March 1996, in excess of the amounts granted for those services and purposes for that financial year. SECTION 03: APPROPRIATION The sums deemed to have been authorised to be paid and applied from and out of the Consolidated Fund of the State under this Act shall be deemed to have been appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in the Schedule in relation to the.....

The Maharashtra Appropriation (Excess Expenditure) Act, 2003 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 2003

THE MAHARASHTRA APPROPRIATION (EXCESS EXPENDITURE) ACT, 2003 THE MAHARASHTRA APPROPRIATION (EXCESS EXPENDITURE) ACT, 2003 (Mah. Act No. XXXIV of 2003) [31st December, 2003] An act to provide for the authorisation of appropriation of moneys out of the Consolidated Fund of the State to meet the amounts spent on certain services during the financial year ended on the Thirty-first day of March 1996 in excess of the amounts granted for those services and for that year. WHEREAS by virtue of Article 204 of the Constitution of India, read with Article 205 thereof, it is necessary to provide for the passing of an Appropriation Act for the authorisation of appropriation of moneys out of the Consolidated Fund of the State to meet the amounts spent on certain services during the financial year ended on the thirty-first day of March 1996 in excess of the amount granted for those services and for that year; It is hereby enacted in the Fifty-fourth year of the Republic of India as follows:- 1. Short Title:- This Act may be called the Maharashtra Appropriation (Excess Expenditure) Act, 2003. 2. Issue of Rs. 275,53,46,462 out of the consolidated Fund of the State to meet.....

Railways Act, 1989 Section 138

Title: Levy of Excess Charge and Fare for Travelling Without Proper Pass or Ticket or Beyond Authorised Distance

State: Central

Year: 1989

.....or sub-section (2), as the case may be, or fifty rupees, whichever is more: Provided that if the passenger has with him a certificate granted under sub­section (2) of section 55, no excess charge shall be payable. (4) If any passenger liable to pay the excess charge and the fare mentioned in sub-section (1), or the excess charge and any difference of fare mentioned in sub-section (2), fails or refuses to pay the same on a demand being made therefor under one or other of these sub-sections, as the case may be, any railway servant authorised by the railway administration in this behalf may apply to any Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the first or second class, as the case may be, for the recovery of the sum payable as if it were a fine, and the Magistrate if satisfied that the sum is payable shall order it to be so recovered, and may order that the person liable for the payment shall in default of payment suffer imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to one month but not less than ten days. (5) Any sum recovered under sub-section (4) shall, as and when it is recovered, be paid to the railway administration.

Levy Sugar Price Equalisation Fund Act, 1976 Section 11

Title: Power of Central Government to Recover Excess Realisations as Arrears of Land Revenue

State: Central

Year: 1976

If any producer makes any default in crediting to the Fund1[any excess realisation made by him, or any interest due on such excess realisation or any part of such excess realisation or interest, such excess realisation or such interest or such part], as the case may be, shall be recoverable by the Central Government from such producer as an arrear of land revenue. ________________________ 1. Substituted for "any excess realisations made by him or any part thereof, such excess realisations or such part" by the Levy Sugar Equalisation Fund (Amendment) Act, 1984, w.e.f. 23-08-1984.