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The Kerala Stamp Act, 1959 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1959

THE KERALA STAMP ACT, 1959 THE KERALA STAMP ACT, 1959 (Act 17 of 1959) CONTENTS CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY Sections. 1. Short title, extent and commencement. 2. Definitions. CHAPTER II STAMP DUTIES. 3. Instruments chargeable with duty. 4. Several instruments used in single transactions of sale, mortgage or settlement. 5. Instruments relating to several distinct matters. 6. Instruments coming within several descriptions in Schedule. 7. Payment of higher duty in respect of certain instruments. 8. Bonds or other securities issued on a loans. 9. Power to reduce remit or compound duties. 10. Duties how to be paid. 11. Use of adhesive stamps. 12. Cancellation of adhesive stamps. 13. Instruments stamped with impressed stamps how to be written. 14. Only one instrument to be on same stamp. 15. Instruments written contrary to section 13 or 14 deemed unstamped. 16. Denoting duty. 17. Instruments executed in the State of Kerala. 18. Instruments executed out of India. 19. Payment of duty on certain instruments liable to increased duty in the State of Kerala. 20. Conversion of amount expressed in foreign currencies. 21. Stock and.....

Succession Act, 1925 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1925

.....under this section or exempted from the operation of any of the provisions of the Indian Succession Act, 1865(10 of 1865), under section 332 of that Act are in this Act referred to as "exempted persons". PART 02 OF DOMICILE SECTION 04: APPLICATION OF PART This Part shall not apply if the deceased was a Hindu, Muhammadan, Buddhist, Sikh or Jaina. SECTION 05: LAW REGULATING SUCCESSION TO DECEASED PERSON'S IMMOVABLE AND MOVABLE PROPERTY, RESPECTIVELY (1) Succession to the immovable property in India of a person deceased shall be regulated by the law of India, wherever such person may have had his domicile at the time of his death. (2) Succession to the movable property of a person deceased is regulated by the law of the country in which such person had his domicile at the time of his death. SECTION 06: ONE DOMICILE ONLY AFFECTS SUCCESSION TO MOVABLES A person can have only one domicile for the purpose of the succession to his movable property. SECTION 07: DOMICILE OF ORIGIN OF PERSON OF LEGITIMATE BIRTH The domicile of origin of every person of legitimate birth is in the country in which at the time of his birth his father was domiciled; or, if he is a posthumous.....

The Maharashtra Private Security Guards (Regulation of Employment and Welfare) Act, 1981 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1981

.....2 of the Bombay Shops and Establishments Act, 1948 (Bom. LXXIX of 1948); (5) "Factory" means a factory as defined in clause (m) of Section 2 of the Factories Act, 1948 (LXIII of 1948); (6) "Inspector" means an Inspector appointed under Section 16; (7) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 3[(8) "principal employer", in relation to any class or classes of Security Guards deployed in a factory or establishment by the agency or agent or Board, means the person who has ultimate control over the affairs of the factory or establishment and includes any other person to whom the affairs of such factory or establishment are entrusted whether such person is called Authorised Representative, Manager or by any other name prevailing in the factory or establishment;] (9) "Scheme" means a Scheme made under this Act; 1 This clause was substituted for the original by Mah. Ord. 4 of 1996* and subsequently by Mah. 28 of 1996, s. 2(a) *This Ordinance was promulgated on 9-2-1996 and ceased to operate on 28-4-1996 2 Clauses (3), (8) and (10) were substituted for the original by Mah. Ord. 4 of 1996 and subsequently by Mah. 28 of 1996, a. 2(b), (c) and (d) 3 Clauses (3), (8) and.....

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Part 9

Title: Probate, Letters of Administration and Administration of Assets of Deceased

State: Central

Year: 1925

..... (viii) The person to whom probate was, or letters of administration were, granted has subsequently become of unsound mind. INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT, 1925Chapter 4 - OF THE PRACTICE IN GRANTING AND REVOKING PROBATES AND LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION Section 264 - Jurisdiction of District Judge in granting and revoking probates, etc. (1) The District Judge shall have jurisdiction in granting and revoking probates and letters of administration in all cases within his district. (2) Except in cases to which section 57 applies, no court in any local area beyond the limits of the towns of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay,1[***] shall, where the deceased is a Hindu, Muhammadan, Buddhist, Sikh or Jaina or an exempted person, receive applications for probate or letters of administration until the State Government has, by a notification in the Official Gazette, authorised it so to do. ______________________ 1. The words "and the province of Burma" omitted by the A.O. 1937. Section 264 - Jurisdiction of District Judge in granting and revoking probates, etc. (1) The District Judge shall have jurisdiction in granting and revoking probates and letters of administration in all cases.....

The Punjab Land Reforms Act, 1972 Complete Act

State: Punjab

Year: 1972

.....[----] (15) "surplus area" means the area in excess of the permissible area; (16) "tenant" has the meaning assigned to it in the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887 (Act XVI of 1887) and includes a sub-tenant and self-cultivating lessee, but shall not include a present holder as defined in clause (f) of section 2 of the East Punjab Displaced Persons (Land Resettlement) Act, 1949; (17) all other words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887 (Punjab Act XVI of 1887), or the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 (Punjab Act XVII of 1887) shall have the meaning assigned to them in either of those Acts. COMMENTS Tenant on appointed day " if the petitioner was a tenant on the appointed day and had continued to be a tenant continuously it would be manifestly unfair to deprive him of tenants permissible area merely because he subsequently purchased a part of the tenancy. Whether he in fact was entitled to tenants permissible area, is a matter to be examined by the Collector. Raja Ram vs. State of Punjab, 1992 LLT 26 (F.C. Punjab) Definition of landowner : - It is admitted case of the petitioner that he is in possession of the land of Smt. Angoori.....

The Kerala Stamp (Amendment) Act, 1969[1] Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1969

THE KERALA STAMP (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1969[1] ACT 29 OF 1969 THE KERALA STAMP (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1969[1] An Act further lo amend the Kerala Stamp Act, 1959. Preamble. "WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Kerala Stamp Act, 1959, for the purposes hereinafter appearing; Be it enacted in the Twentieth Year of the Republic of India a s follows:" 1. Short title."This Act may be called the Kerala Stamp {Amend ment) Act, 1969. 2. Amendment of section 6."In section 6 of the Kerala Stamp Act, 1959 (17 of 1959) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in the proviso, for the words "four rupees fifty paise", the words five rupees" shall be substituted. 3. Amendment of section 11."In section 11 of the principal Act," (i) in clause (a), for the words "twelve paise", the words "twenty paise' shall be substituted; (ii) for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely : " "(b) certificate of enrolment in the roll of advocates main ly the State Bar Council;". 4. Amendment of section 30."In section 30 of the principal Act (i) in clause (a), for the figures "24", "29", "31", "36", "47", "48", "49", "50" and "54", the figures "25", "30", "32", "37",.....

Exemptions from Land Revenue (No.1) Act, 1863 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1863

.....and who have dispensed with an inquiry into such title, the said lands shall (subject to the enactments contained in Section 3 (The words "of this Act" were repealed by the Bombay General Clauses Act, 1886 (Bom. 3 of 1886), Schedule B. This Schedule is printed as an Appendix to the Bombay General Clauses Act, 1904 (Bom.1 of 1904).) [* * *]) be the heritable and transferable property of the said holders, their heirs and assigns, without restriction, as to adoption, collateral succession or transfer; and such lands shall thenceforth be continued, in perpetuity subject to an annual (The words "payment to the Provincial Government" were substituted for the words "payment to Government" by the Adaptation of Indian Laws Order in Council.) [payment to the Provincial Government]. Such payment shall consist of- (1) a fixed annual payment as nazrana, in commutation of all claims [of the Crown] in respect of succession and transfer, and shall be calculated at the rate of the one anna for each rupee of assessment; (2) of a quit-rent equal to one-fourth of the assessment. The said assessment shall be ascertainable under the following rules:- Rules for ascertaining amount of.....

Bengal Land Revenue Sales Act, 1859 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1859

BENGAL LAND REVENUE SALES ACT, 1859 BENGAL LAND REVENUE SALES ACT, 1859 11 of 1859 4th May, 1859 An Act to improve the law relating to sales of land for arrears of revenue in the Lower Provinces under the Bengal Presidency. Preamble. Whereas it is expedient to discontinue the practice of obtaining the previous sanction of the Board of Revenue to sales of estates for arrears of revenue, or other demands of Government, in the Province of Cuttack; and whereas it is just that a person having a lien upon an estate, and paying the money necessary to protect it from sale for arrears of revenue, should be reasonably secured and whereas it is expedient to afford shares in estates, who duly pay their shares of the sadar jama of their estates, easy means of protecting their shares from sale by reason of the default of their co-sharers ; and whereas it is expedient to afford landholders, particularly absentees, facilities in guarding against the accidental sale of their estates for arrears of revenue by reason of the neglect or fraud of their agents ; and it is therefore proper, for the above and other purposes, to improve the law relating to sales of land for arrears of revenue.....

Indian Stamp Act, 1899 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1899

.....agricultural produce to another: (6) "chargeable" means, as applied to an instrument executed or first executed after the commencement of this Act, chargeable under this Act, and, as applied to any other instrument, chargeable under the law in force in 33. Words "the Provinces" first subs, for the words "British India" by the Indian Independence (Adaptation of Central Acts and Ordinances) Order, 1948, then the word "States" subs, for the word "Provinces" by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950, and finally the word "India" subs, for the words "the States" by Act 43 of 1955, w.e.f. 1.4.1956. [India] when such instrument was executed or, where several persons executed the instrument at different times, first executed:- (7) "cheque" means a bill of exchange drawn on a specified banker and not expressed to be payable otherwise than on demand: (8)44. Clause (8) om. by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937. * * * (9) "Collector" (a) means, within the limits of the towns of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, the Collector of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, respectively, and without those limits, the Collector of a district; and (b) includes a Deputy Commissioner.....

Diplomatic Relations (Vienna Convention) Act 1972 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1972

.....to the Government of India in the Ministry of External Affairs stating any fact relating to that question shall be conclusive evidence of that fact. SECTION 10: POWER TO MAKE RULES - The Central Government may2[, by notification in the official Gazette.] make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. SECTION 11: NOTIFICATIONS ISSUED AND RULES MADE UNDER THIS ACT TO BE LAID BEFORE PARLIAMENT - Every notification issued and every rule made under this Act shall be laid as soon as may be after it is issued or made before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the notification or, as the case may be, in the rule, or both Houses agree that the notification or rule should not be issued or made, the notification or rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be, so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to.....