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Companies Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....as in the (Depositories Act, 1996) (22 of 1996); (12B) "derivative" has the same meaning as in clause (aa) of (S.2 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956) (42 of 1956);] (13) "director" includes any person occupying the position of director, by whatever name called; (14) "District Court" means the principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction in a district, but does not include a High Court in the exercise of its ordinary original civil jurisdiction ; [(14A) "dividend" includes any interim dividend;] (15) "document" includes summons, notice, requisition, order, other legal process, and registers, whether issued, sent or kept in pursuance of this or any other Act or otherwise ; [(15A) "employees stock option" means the option given to the whole-time directors, officers or employees of a company, which gives such directors, officers or employees the benefit or right to purchase or subscribe at a future date, the securities offered by the company at a pre-determined price;] (16) "existing company" means an existing company as defined in (section 3); (17) "financial year" means, in relation to any body corporate, the period in respect of which.....

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....To meet the immediate requirements of the country soon after independence the Merchant Shipping Laws. (Extension to Acceding States and Amendment) Act, 1949 was enacted, by which the British Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1938 were extended to the Acceding States (later known as Part B States) and Indian Consular Officers were empowered to perform functions in relation to Indian ships outside India and provision was made to enable Government to prescribe the proper national colours for ships registered in India, The Control of Shipping Act, 1947, was another short-term measure which continued the war-time control over Indian shipping and controlled the coastal trade by a system of licensing. This Act, which has been renewed from time to time, is due to expire on the 31st March, 1958. 3. The present Bill revises and consolidates all laws in force in India relating to merchant shipping, whether passed by the British Parliament or the Indian Legislature, and makes provision for the matters discussed in the succeedihg paragraphs, which also indicate the principal changes made in the law ........... -Gaz. of Ind., 1958, Extra., Pt. II, S. 2, p. 203.Act 21 of 1966.- The minimum.....

The Transfer of Property Act, 1882 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1882

.....for relief, whether such debt or beneficial interest be existent, accruing, conditional or contingent;] 17 ["a person is said to have notice" of a fact when he actually knows that fact, or when, but for wilful abstention from an enquiry or search which he ought to have made, or gross negligence, he would have known it. Explanation 1. "Where any transaction relating to immovable property is required by law to be and has been effected by a registered instrument, any person acquiring such property or any part of, or share or interest in, such property shall be deemed to have notice of such instrument as from the date of registration or, where the property is not all situated in one sub-district, or where the registered instrument has been registered under sub-section (2) of section 30 of the Indian Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908), from the earliest date on which any memorandum of such registered instrument has been filed by any Sub-Registrar within whose sub-district any part of the property which is being acquired, or of the property wherein a share or interest is being acquired, is situated:] Provided that " (1) the instrument has been registered and its registration.....

Companies Act, 1956 Part 6

Title: Management and Administration

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....Act, 1996, shall be deemed to be an index of members and register and index of debenture-holders, as the case may be, for the purposes of this Act.] ____________________ 1. Inserted by Act 22 of 1996, Section 30 and Schedule (w.r.e.f. 20-9-1995). Section 153 - Trusts not to be entered on register No notice of any trust, express, implied or constructive, shall be entered on the register of members or of debenture-holders1[***] ____________________ 1. The words "or be receivable by the Registrar" omitted by Act 53 of 1963, Section 6 (w.e.f. 1-1-1964). Section 153A - Appointment of public trustee 1[153A. Appointment of public trustee 2[(1)] The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint a person as public trustee to discharge the functions and to exercise the rights and powers conferred on him by or under this Act.] 3[(2) The provision of this section shall not apply on and after the commencement of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000.] ____________________ 1. Inserted by Act 53 of 1963, Section 7 (w.e.f. 1-1-1964). 2. Section 153A renumbered as sub-section (1) thereof by Act 53 of 2000, Section 63 (w.e.f. 13-12-2000)......

Companies Act, 1956 Chapter 2

Title: Directors

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....) Sub-section ( 1 ) shall not apply to a private company, unless it is a subsidiary of a public company. ______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 31 of 1988, Section 45 (w.e.f. 15-6-1988). 2. Inserted by Act 65 of 1960, Section 85 (w.e.f. 28-12-1960). Section 258 - Right of company to increase or reduce the number of directors 1[***] Subject to the provisions of sections 252 , 255 and 259 , a company in general me eting may, by ordinary resolution, increase or reduce the number of its directors within the limits fixed in that behalf by its articles. ______________________ 1. The brackets and figure "(1) omitted by Act 36 of 1957, Section 3 and Schedule II." Section 259 - Increase in number of directors to require Government sanction In the case of a public company or a private company which is a subsidiary of a public company, any increase in the number of its directors, except- (a) in the case of a company which was in existence on the 21 st day of July, 1951 , an increase which was within the permissible maximum under its articles as in force on that date, and (b) in the case of a company which came or may come into existence after that date, an.....

Employees Provident Funds Scheme, 1952 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1952

.....24th July, 1976, come into force on the30th September, 1976;] Short title and application 88 [(lxxxii) as respects,- (1) establishments which are factories engaged in the manufacture of glue and gelatine, (2) stone quarries producing stone chips, stone sets, stone boulders, and ballasts, and (3) establishments engaged in fish processing and non-vegetable food preservation industry including bacon factories and pork processing plants, covered by the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Labour, No. G.S.R. 204, dated the 31st January, 1977, come into force on the 28th February, 1977;] 89 (lxxxiii) as respects the beedi industry, that is to say, any industry engaged in the manufacture of beedis, specified in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Labour, No. G.S.R. 660, dated the 17th May, 1977, come into force or the 31st May, 1977;] 90 [(lxxxiv) as respects the financial establishment (other than banks) engaged in the activities of borrowing, lending, advancing of money and dealing with other monetary transactions with a view to earn interest not being the Unit Trust of India established under the Unit Trust of India Act, 1963 (52 of.....

Income Tax Act, 1961 Section 271

Title: Failure to Furnish Returns, Comply with Notices, Concealment of Income, Etc.

State: Central

Year: 1961

..... (a) [Omitted by the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1989, with effect from 1st April, 1989], (b) has failed to comply with a notice 3[under sub-section (2) of section 115WD or under sub-section (2) of section 115WE or under sub-section (1) of section 142] or sub-section (2) of section 143 or fails to comply with a direction issued under sub-section (2A) of section 142, or (c) has concealed the particulars of his income or furnished inaccurate particulars of such 4[income, or], 5[(d) has concealed the particulars of the fringe benefits or furnished inaccurate particulars of such fringe benefits,] he may direct that such person shall pay by way of penalty, (i) [Omitted by the Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act, 1989, with effect from 1st April, 1989] ; (ii) in the cases referred to in clause (b), 6[in addition to tax, if any, payable] by him, 7[a sum of ten thousand rupees] for each such failure ; (iii) in the cases referred to in 8[clause (c) or clause (d)], 6[in addition to tax, if any, payable] by him, a sum which shall not be less than, but which shall not exceed three times, the amount of tax sought to be evaded by reason of the concealment of particulars of.....

The Orissa Express Highway Act, 1964 Complete Act

State: Orissa

Year: 1964

.....any authority or officer or person duly authorised under this Act in respect of anything in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act or the rules or orders made thereunder. 11. Power to make rules. (1) The State Government may, by notification and subject to the conditions of previous publication, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act. (2) All rules made under this section shall, as soon as they are made, be laid before the State Legislature for a period of fourteen days which may be comprised in one or more sessions and shall be subject to such modifications as the Legislature may make therein during the said period- 12. Act to override other laws. (1) On and after the declaration of a road as an express highway under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 3, the provisions contained in any other law or any practice, custom or usage having the force of law, corresponding to any of the provisions of this Act and applicable to such road, shall cease to have effect for so long as such declaration remains in force. (2) Save as provided in sub-section (1) the provisions of this Act and the rules and orders made thereunder shall have effect.....

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Part I

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act. Section 2 - Application of Act 1[2. Application of Act (1) Unless otherwise expressly provided, the provisions of this Act which apply to-- (a) any vessel which is registered in India; or (b) any vessel which is required by this Act to be so registered; or (c) any other vessel which is owned wholly by persons to each of whom any of the descriptions specified in clause (a) or in clause (b) or in clause (c), as the case may be, of section 21 applies, shall so apply wherever the vessel may be. (2) Unless otherwise expressly provided, the provisions of this Act which apply to vessels other than those referred to in sub-section (1) shall so apply only while any such vessel is within India, including the territorial2waters thereof.] ___________________________ 1. Substituted for former Section 2 by Merchant Shipping (Amdt.) Act, 1983 (12 of 1983), Section 2(18-5-1983). 2. The territorial waters of India extend into the sea to a distance of twelve nautical miles measured from the appropriate baseline. Section 3 -.....

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Section 3

Title: Definition

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....figures, letters and words "17th day of June 1966" by the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 1983 (12 of 1983), Section 3 (18-5-1983). 13. Substituted for former Clause (38) by Act 21 of 1966, Section 2(c), (28-5-1966). 14. Inserted by Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 1976 (69 of 1976), Section 3(b) (1-12-1976). 15. Inserted by Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 1976 (69 of 1976), Section 3(c) (1-12-1976). 16. Inserted by Act 21 of 1966, Section 2(f) (28-5-1966). 17. Clauses (51) and (52) omitted by the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 1976 (69 of 1976), Section 3(d) (1-12-1976). 18. Inserted by the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2007 [Act No. 40 of 2007].