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West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1957 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1957

.....1 Short title, extent and commencement (1) This Act may be called the 1Words and fingures subs. for the words and fingures "West Bangal Panchayat Act. 1956" by W.B.Act 15 of 1959.[West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1957]. (2) It extends to the whole of West Bengal, except the areas to which the provisions of the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951, the Bengal Municipal Act, 1932, the Cooch Behar Town Committee Act, 1903, the Cooch Behar Municipal Act, 1944, the Chandernagore Municipal Act, 1955, and the Cantonments Act, 1924, or any parts or modifications thereof apply or may hereafter be applied. (3) This section shall come into force at once; the remaining sections shall come into force on such date or dates and in such area or areas as the State Government may, by notification, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different sections and for different areas. Section 2 Definitions In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a)"Adhyaksha" and "Upadhyaksha", respectively, mean Adhyaksha and Upadhyaksha of a Gram Panchayat; (b) "Anchal Panchayat" means an Anchal Panchayat constituted under this Act; (c) "building" includes a house, out-house, stable, privy, urinal,.....

Delhi Development Act, 1957 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 1957

.....to do anything necessary or expedient for purposes of such development and for purposes incidental thereto: Provided that save as provided in this Act, nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as authorising the disregard by the Authority of any law for the time being in force. CHAPTER 3 Master Plan and Zonal Development Plans Section7 Civic survey of, and master plan for Delhi (1)The Authority shall, as soon as may be, carry out a civic survey of, and prepare a master plan for, Delhi. (2) The master plan shall (a) define the various zones into which Delhi may be divided for the purposes of development and indicate the manner in which the land in each zone is proposed to be used (whether by the carrying out thereon of development or otherwise) and the stages by which any such development shall be carried out; and (b) serve as a basic pattern of framework within which the zonal development plans of the various zones may be prepared. [(3) The master plan may provide for any other matter which is necessary for the proper development of Delhi.] Section8 Zonal developmental plans (1) Simultaneously with the preparation of the master plan or as soon as may.....

Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 1957

.....performance, amusement, game or sport to which persons are ordinarily admitted on payment; (17) "factory" means a factory as defined in the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948); (18) "filth" includes offensive matter and sewage; (19) 99. Omitted and Inserted by Act No.67 of 1993(w.e.f. 1-10-1993). [* * *] (20) 88. Cl (20), Omitted by Act No. 71 of 1971 and Sch. II (w.e.f. 3-11-1971). [* * *] (21) "goods" includes animals; 1010. C1. 21-A, inserted by Act, 67 of 1993. (w.e.f. 1-10-93). (21-A) "Government" means the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi;] (22) "house-gully" or "service passage" means a passage or strip of land constructed, set apart or utilized for the purpose of serving as or carrying a drain or affording access to a latrine, urinal, cesspool or other receptacle for filth or other polluted matter, by municipal employees or other persons employed in the cleansing thereof or in the removal of such matter therefrom; (23) "hut" means any building which is constructed principally of wood, bamboo, mud, leaves, grass, cloth or thatch and includes any structure of whatever material made which the Corporation may declare to be a hut for.....

Wealth Tax Act, 1957 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1957

WEALTH TAX ACT, 1957 WEALTH TAX ACT, 1957 27 of 1957 An Act to provide for the levy of wealth-tax BE it enacted by Parliament in the Eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Wealth-tax Act, 1957. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 1957. SECTION 02: DEFINITIONS In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a)2[***] 3[(b) "Appellate Tribunal" means the Appellate Tribunal constituted under section 252 of the Income-tax Act; (c) "assessee" means a person by whom wealth-tax or any other sum of money is payable under this Act, and includes- (i) every person in respect of whom any proceeding under this Act has been taken for the determination of wealth-tax payable by him or by any other person or the amount of refund due to him or such other person : (ii) every person who is deemed to be an assessee under this Act ; (iii) every person who is deemed to be an assessee in default under this Act; 4[(ca) "Assessing Officer " means the Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax or the Assistant Commissioner or the.....

Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1957

MINES AND MINERALS (REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT) ACT, 1957 MINES AND MINERALS (REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT) ACT, 1957 67 of 1957 28th December, 1957 An Act to provide for the 3["development and regulation of mines and minerals"]under the control of the Union. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows :- [a] For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gaz. of India, 1957, Extra., Pt. II, section 2, p. 392; and for Report of the Joint Committee, see p. 997.PRELIMINARY SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Mines and Minerals4["(Development and Regulation)"] Act, 1957. (2) It extends1to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date2as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. SECTION 02: DECLARATION AS TO EXPEDIENCY OF UNION CONTROL It is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that the Union should take under its control the regulation of mines and the development of minerals to the extent hereinafter provided. SECTION 03: DEFINITIONS - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "minerals" includes all.....

Copyright Act, 1957 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1957

COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957 COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957 [Act No. 14 of Year 1957, dated 4th. June, 1957] An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to copyright Be it enacted by Parliament in the Eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows: - CHAPTER I: PRELIMINARY SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Copyright Act, 1957. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. SECTION 02: INTERPRETATION In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "adaptation" means,- (i) in relation to a dramatic work, the conversion of the work into a non-dramatic work; (ii) in relation to a literary work or an artistic work, the conversion of the work into a dramatic work by way of performance in public or otherwise; (iii) in relation to a literary or dramatic work, any abridgement of the work or any version of the work in which the story or action is conveyed wholly or mainly by means of pictures in a form suitable for reproduction in a book, or in a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical; 2[* * *] (iv) in.....

Wealth-tax Act, 1957 Chapter IV

Title: Assessment

State: Central

Year: 1957

..... 1.Inserted by Act 46 of 1964, Section 15 w.e.f. 1-4-1965. 2.Substituted by Act 4 of 1988, Section 135 (i) w.e.f 1-4-1989. 3.Substituted by Act 41 of 1975, Section 88 w.e.f. 1-4-1976. 4.Inserted by Act 4 of 1988, Section 135(ii) w.e.f. 1-4-1989. Section 15B - Self-assessment 1[15B. Self-assessment (1) Where any tax is payable on the basis of any return furnished under section 14 or section 15 or in response to a notice under clause (i) of sub-section (4) of section 16 or under section 17, after taking into account the amount of tax, if any, already paid under any provision of this Act, the assessee shall be liable to pay such tax, together with interest payable under any provision of this Act for any delay in furnishing the return, before furnishing the return and me return shall be accompanied by proof of payment of such tax and interest. Explanation. -Where the amount paid by the assessee under this sub-section falls short of the aggregate of the tax and interest as aforesaid, the amount so paid shall first be adjusted towards the interest payable as aforesaid and the balance, if any, shall be adjusted towards the tax payable. (2) After the regular.....

Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....3. It is therefore proposed to make suitable amendments in the Act- (a) providing that in a case where no objections undersection 5Aof the 1894 Act had been filed, action undersection 9of the 1957 Act could be taken as if a notification undersection 7of that Act had been issued and no objection undersection 8thereof had been preferred: (b) providing for validation of the acquisitions made under the aforesaid notification No. S.O. 1759, dated the 7th August, 1958 and under a similar notification No. S. O. 25, dated the 22nd December, 1959, because the National Coal Development Corporation Limited in which the lands, after acquisition, had been vested could not work the lands as a result of the High Court decision and the coal production programme of the Government was seriously hampered. 4. Opportunity has also been taken to make a slight verbal alteration in sub-section (3) ofsection 28to bring it in line with the wording ofsections 7and9. 5. The Bill seeks to achieve the above objects. -Gaz. of Ind., 10 -8-67. Pt. II, S. 2, Ext.. p. 729. Act 54 of 1971.- The Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957 (20 of 1957) (hereinafter referred to as the Coal Bearing.....

The Kerala Land Conservancy Act, 1957 [1] Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1957

THE KERALA LAND CONSERVANCY ACT, 1957 [1] THE KERALA LAND CONSERVANCY ACT, 1957 [1] ACT 8 OF 1958 An Act to check the unauthorised occupation of Government lands. Preamble.- WHEREAS it is necessary to enact a uniform law for checking the unauthorised occupation of Government lands; BE it enacted in the Eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- 1. Short title, extent and commencement .--(1) This Act may be called the Kerala Land conservancy Act, 1957. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala . (3) It shall come into force at once. 2. Repeal .-The Travancore-Cochin Land Conservancy Act, 1951, and the Madras Land Encroachment Act, 1905 as in force in the Malabar district referred to in sub-section (2) of section 5 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (Central Act 37 of 1956), are hereby repealed. 3. Property of Government defined .-(1) All public roads, streets, lanes, and paths, the bridges, ditches, dykes and fences on or beside the same, the bed of the sea and of harbours and creeks below high water mark, the beds and banks of rivers, streams, irrigation and drainage channels, canals, tanks, lakes, backwaters and water courses, and all standing and.....

Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957 Chapter III

Title: Adjudication as to Stamps

State: Karnataka

Year: 1957

.....to be furnished with an abstract of the instrument, and also with such affidavit or other evidence as he may deem necessary to prove that all the facts and circumstances affecting the chargeability of the instrument with duty, or the amount of the duty with which it is chargeable are fully and truly set forth therein, and may refuse to proceed upon any such application, until such abstract and evidence have been furnished accordingly: Provided that,- (a) no evidence furnished in pursuance of this section shall be used against any person in any civil proceeding except in any enquiry as to the duty with which the instrument to which it relates is chargeable; and (b) every person by whom any such evidence is furnished, shall, on payment of the full duty with which the instrument to which it relates, is chargeable, be relieved from any penalty which he may have incurred under this Act by reason of the omission to state truly in such instrument any of the facts or circumstances aforesaid. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act No. 29 of 1962, w.e.f. 1-10-1962 for the expression "Collector" 2. Substituted by Act No. 24 of 1999, dated 18-8-1999 for the words "such.....