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Oriental Gas Company Act ,1857 Section 13

Title: Penalty for Wilfully Damaging Pipes

State: Central

Year: 1857

Every person who shall wilfully remove, destroy, or damage any pipe.pillar, post, plug, lamp, or other work of the said Company for supplying Gas, or who shall wilfully extinguish any of the public lamps or lights, or waste or improperly use any of the Gas supplied by the said Company, shall, for each such offence, forfeit to the said Company any sum not exceeding fifty rupees, in addition to the amount of the damage done.

Oriental Gas Company 1857 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1857

.....19564, and in any town or place not within the jurisdiction of any of Her Majesty's Courts, in the same manner as damages are recoverable under this Act. SECTION 08: POWER TO ENTER BUILDINGS FOR ASCERTAINING QUANTITY OF GAS CONSUMED The Clerk, Engineer, or other officer duly appointed for the purpose by the said Company may, at all reasonable times, enter any buildings or place lighted with Gas supplied by the said Company, in order to inspect the meters, fittings, and works for regulating the supply of Gas, and for the purpose of ascertaining the quantity of Gas consumed or supplied; and if any person hinder such officer as aforesaid from entering and making such inspection as aforesaid at any reasonable time; he shall, for every such offence, forfeit to the said Company a sum not exceeding fifty rupees. SECTION 09: RECOVERY OF RENT DUE FOR GAS If any person supplied with Gas, or any person to whom any meter or fitting shall have been let for hire by the said Company neglect to pay the rent due for the same to the said Company, the said Company may stop the Gas from entering the premises of such person, by cutting off the service-pipes, or by such means as the said Company shall.....

The Tamil Nadu District Police Act, 1859 Complete Act

State: Tamil Nadu

Year: 1859

THE TAMIL NADU DISTRICT POLICE ACT, 1859 The (Substituted by the Adaptation Order 1969) (Tamil Nadu) District Police Act, 1859 Act XXIV of 1859 An Act for the better regulation of the Police within the (Substituted by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1970) State of Tamil Nadu WHEREAS it is expedient to make the Police-force throughout the (Substituted by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Law Order 1970) [State of Tamil Nadu] a more efficient instrument (Omitted by Act, 1936 (Madras Act XXI of 1936)) * * * * for the prevention and detection of crime and to re-organize the Police force (Repealed by the Madras Hereditary Village-Offices Act, 1895 (Madras Act III of 1895)) * * * * It is enacted as follows " 1. Interpretation " The following words and expressions in this Act shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction (that is to say), "Magistrate" the word "Magistrate" shall include all persons, within their respective jurisdictions, exercising all or any of the powers of a Magistrate; "Superior Police" (Substituted by Tamil Nadu Act 21 of 1936) [the expression "Superior.....

Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Chapter 2

Title: General Explanations

State: Central

Year: 1860

.....words which refer to acts done extend also to illegal omissions. Section 33 - "Act", "Omission" The word "act" denotes as well a series of acts as a single act : the word "omission" denotes as well as series of omissions as a single omission. Section 34 - Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention 1 [34. Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention When a criminal act is done by several persons in furtherance of the common intention of all, each of such persons is liable for that act in the same manner as if it were done by him alone.] ___________________ 1. Substituted by Act 27 of 1870, section 1, for the original section. Section 35 - When such an act is criminal by reason of its being done with a criminal knowledge or intention Whenever an act, which is criminal only by reason of its being done with a criminal knowledge or intention, is done by several persons, each of such persons who joins in the act with such knowledge or intention is liable for the act in the same manner as if the act were done by him alone with that knowledge or intention. Section 36 - Effect caused partly by act and partly by omission .....

Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 30

Title: "valuable Security"

State: Central

Year: 1860

The words "valuable security" denote a document which is, or purports to be, a document whereby any legal right is created, extended, transferred, restricted, extinguished or released, or where by any person acknowledges that he lies under legal liability, or has not a certain legal right. Illustration A writes his name on the back of a bill of exchange. As the effect of this endorsement is transfer the right to the bill to any person who may become the lawful holder of it, the endorsement is a "valuable security".

The Indian Penal Code 1860 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1860

.....1908, `India', means the territory of India excluding the State of Jammu and Kashmir. Under s. 2(e) of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969, `India' means for the purposes of this Act the territories to which this Act extends (i.e., whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir). According to s. 2(27) of Customs Act, 1962, `India' includes the territorial waters of India. SECTION 19: "JUDGE" The word "judge" denotes not only every person who is officially designated as a Judge, but also every person, who is empowered by law to give, in any legal proceeding, civil or criminal, a definitive judgement or a judgement which, if not appealed against, would be definitive, or a judgement which, if confirmed by some other authority, would be definitive, or who is one of a body of persons, which body of persons is empowered by law to give such a judgement. Illustrations (a) A Collector exercising jurisdiction in a suit under Act 10 of 1859, is a Judge. (b) A Magistrate exercising jurisdiction in respect of a charge on which he has power to sentence to fine or imprisonment, with or without appeal, is a Judge. (c) A member of a Panchayat which has power.....

Bombay Gas Companies Act, 1863 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1863

.....any town or place not within the jurisdiction of9[The High Court of Judicature at Bombay] in the same manner as damages are recoverable under this Act. SECTION 08: POWER TO ENTER BUILDINGS FOR ASCERTAINING QUANTITY OF GAS CONSUMED The clerk, engineer or other officer duly appointed for the purpose by the said Company may at all reasonable times enter any buildings, or place, lighted with gas supplied by the said Company, in order to inspect the meters, fittings and works for regulating the supply of gas, and for purpose of ascertaining the quantity of gas consumed or supplied ;and if any person hinder such officer as aforesaid from entering and making such inspection as aforesaid, at any reasonable time, he shall, for every such offence, forfeit to the said Company a sum not exceeding fifty rupees. SECTION 09: [RECOVERY OF RENTS DUE FOR GAS.] Rep. by Bom. 13 of 1950, s. 8. SECTION 10: [POWER TO REMOVE PIPES WHEN SUPPLY OF GAS DISCONTINUED.] Repealed by Bom. 13 of 1950, s. 8. SECTION 11: METERS, ETC., NOT LIABLE TO DISTRANT FOR RENT Any pipe, meter, fitting or other work let for hire by the said Company shall not be subject to distress for rent or revenue, or any rate or tax.....

Indian Contract Act, 1872 Chapter 2

Title: Of Contracts, Voidable Contracts and Void Agreements

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....him to enter into the contract : (1) the suggestion, as a fact, of that which is not true, by one who does not believe it to be true; (2) the active concealment of a fact by one having knowledge or belief of the fact; (3) a promise made without any intention of performing it; (4) any other act fitted to deceive; (5) any such act or omission as the law specially declares to be fraudulent. Explanation.-Mere silence as to facts likely to affect the willingness of a person to enter into a contract is not fraud, unless the circumstances of the case are such that, regard being had to them, it is the duty of the person keeping silence to speak2 , or unless his silence is, in itself, equivalent to speech. Illustrations (a) A sells, by auction, to B, a horse which A knows to be unsound. A says nothing to B about the horse's unsoundness. This is not fraud in A. (b) B is A's daughter and has just come of age. Here, the relation between the parties would make it A's duty to tell B if the horse is unsound. (c) B says to A-"If you do not deny it, I shall assume that the horse is sound." A says nothing. Here, A's silence is equivalent to speech. (d) A and B, being.....

Indian Contract Act, 1872 Section 28

Title: Agreements in Restraint of Legal Proceedings Void

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....subject or class of subjects shall be referred to arbitration, and that only the amount awarded in such arbitration shall be recoverable in respect of the dispute so referred. [ * * * ] Exception 2.-Saving of contract to refer questions that have already arisen.-Nor shall this section render illegal any contract in writing, by which two or more persons agree to refer to arbitration any question between them which has already arisen, or affect any provision of any law in force for the time being as to references to arbitration. 2. The second clause of Exception 1 to section 28 rep. by Act 1 of 1877, section 2 and Schedule 3. Cf. the Arbitration Act, 1940 (10 of 1940) and the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), section 389.

Indian Contract Act, 1872 Chapter 4

Title: Of the Performance of Contracts

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....A cannot claim the performance of B's promise, and must make compensation to B for the loss which B sustains by the non-performance of the contract. (b) A contracts with B to execute certain builder's work for a fixed price, B supplying the scaffolding and timber necessary for the work. B refuses to furnish any scaffolding or timber, and the work cannot be executed. A need not execute the work, and B is bound to make compensation to A for any loss caused to him by the non-performance of the contract. (c) A contracts with B to deliver to him, at a specified price, certain merchandise on board a ship which cannot arrive for a month, and B engages to pay for the merchandise within a week from the date of the contract. B does not pay within the week. A's promise to deliver need not be performed, and B must make compensation. (d) A promises B to sell him one hundred bales of merchandise, to be delivered next day, and B promises A to pay for them within a month. A does not deliver according to his promise. B's promise to pay need not be performed, and A must make compensation. Section 55 - Effect of failure to perform at a fixed time, in contract in which time is essential.....