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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.....

Admiralty Offences (Colonial) Act, 1849 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1849

.....committed in respect of any such case, whether the same shall amount to the offence of murder or of man slaughter, or of being accessory before the fact to murder, or after the fact to murder or manslaughter, may be dealt with, inquired of, tried, determined, and punished in such colony, in the same manner and in all respects as if such offence had been wholly committed in that colony: and if any person in any colony shall be charged with any such offence as aforesaid in respect of the death of any person who, having been feloniously stricken, poisoned or otherwise hurt, shall have died of such stroke, poisoning, or hurt, upon the sea, or in any haven, river, creek or place where the admiral or admirals have power, authority or jurisdiction, such offence shall be held for the purpose of this Act to have been wholly committed upon the sea. SECTION 04: OMITTED [Omitted as being inapplicable to India.] SECTION 05: INTERPRETATION OF "COLONY" 3[* * *] For the purposes of this Act the word "colony" shall mean any island, plantation, colony, dominion, fort or factory of Her Majesty, except any island within the United Kingdom and the Islands of Man, Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney.....

Admiralty Offences (Colonial) Act, 1849 Section 3

Title: Provision, Etc., Where Death in the Colony, or at Sea, Etc., Follows from Injuries Inflicted on the Sea, Etc

State: Central

Year: 1849

Where any person shall die in any colony of any stroke, poisoning, or hurt, such person having been feloniously stricken, poisoned, or hurt upon the sea or in any haven, creek, or place where the admiral or admirals have power, authority, or jurisdiction, or at any place out of such colony, every offence committed in respect of any such case, whether the same shall amount to the offence of murder or of man slaughter, or of being accessory before the fact to murder, or after the fact to murder or manslaughter, may be dealt with, inquired of, tried, determined, and punished in such colony, in the same manner and in all respects as if such offence had been wholly committed in that colony: and if any person in any colony shall be charged with any such offence as aforesaid in respect of the death of any person who, having been feloniously stricken, poisoned or otherwise hurt, shall have died of such stroke, poisoning, or hurt, upon the sea, or in any haven, river, creek or place where the admiral or admirals have power, authority or jurisdiction, such offence shall be held for the purpose of this Act to have been wholly committed upon the sea.

Coroners Act, 1871 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1871

.....order the removal of the body to any place within his jurisdiction which may have been provided for that purpose - Coroners (Bombay Amendment) Act, 1954 (Bom. Act 69 of 1954), S. 4 (15-11-1954). SECTION 19: EVIDENCE TO BE ON OATH. EVIDENCE ON BEHALF OF ACCUSED - All evidence given under this Act shall be on oath, and the Coroner shall be bound to receive evidence on behalf of the party (if any) accused of causing the death of the deceased person. Interpreter. Witnesses unacquainted with the English language shall be examined through the medium of an interpreter, who shall be sworn to interpret truly as well the oath as the questions put to, and the answers given by, the witnesses. Questions suggested by jury. After each witness has been examined, the Coroner shall inquire whether the jury wish any further questions to be put to the witness, and, if the jury wish that any such questions should be put, the Coroner shall put them accordingly. State Amendments Maharashtra: For Section 19, substitute the following: 19. Evidence to be on oath.- (1) All evidence given under this Act, shall except in the case provided in sub-section (2), be on oath and the Coroner shall be.....

Government of India Act, 1858 [Repealed] Repealing Act 1

Title: Government of India Act, 1915-1919

State: Central

Year: 1858

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT, 1915-191 Preamble2 An Act to consolidate enactments relating to the government of India. whereas it is the declared policy of Parliament to provide for the increasing association of Indians in every branch of Indian administration, and for the gradual development of self-governing institutions, with a view to the progressive realisation of responsible government in British India as an integral part of the empire: AND WHEREAS progress in giving effect to this policy can only be achieved by successive stages, and it is expedient that substantial steps in this direction should now be taken: AND WHEREAS the time and manner of each advance can be determined only by Parliament, upon whom responsibility lies for the welfare and advancement of the Indian peoples: AND WHEREAS the action of Parliament in such matters must be guided by the co-operation received from those on whom new opportunities of service will be conferred, and by the extent to which it is found that confidence con be reposed in their sense of responsibility: AND WHEREAS concurrently with the gradual development of self-governing institutions in the provinces of India it is.....

Government of India Act, 1800 [Repealed] Repealing Act 1

Title: Government of India Act, 1915-1919

State: Central

Year: 1800

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT, 1915-191 Preamble2 An Act to consolidate enactments relating to the government of India. whereas it is the declared policy of Parliament to provide for the increasing association of Indians in every branch of Indian administration, and for the gradual development of self-governing institutions, with a view to the progressive realisation of responsible government in British India as an integral part of the empire: AND WHEREAS progress in giving effect to this policy can only be achieved by successive stages, and it is expedient that substantial steps in this direction should now be taken: AND WHEREAS the time and manner of each advance can be determined only by Parliament, upon whom responsibility lies for the welfare and advancement of the Indian peoples: AND WHEREAS the action of Parliament in such matters must be guided by the co-operation received from those on whom new opportunities of service will be conferred, and by the extent to which it is found that confidence con be reposed in their sense of responsibility: AND WHEREAS concurrently with the gradual development of self-governing institutions in the provinces of India it is.....

Admiralty Offences (Colonial) Act, 1849 Section 1

Title: Trial of Admiralty Offences in Colonies

State: Central

Year: 1849

If any person within any colony shall be charged with the commission of any treason, piracy, felony, robbery, murder, conspiracy, or other offence of what nature or kind so ever, committed upon the sea, or in any haven, river, creek, or place where the admiral or admirals have power, authority, or jurisdiction, or if any person charged with the commission of any such offence upon the sea on in any such haven, river, creek or place shall be brought for trial to any colony, then and in every such case all magistrates, justices of the peace, public prosecutors, juries, judges, courts, public officers, and other persons in such colony shall have and exercise, the same jurisdiction and authorities for inquiring of, trying, hearing, determining and adjudging such offences, and they are hereby respectively authorised, empowered, and required to institute and carry on all such proceedings for the bringing of such person so charged as aforesaid to trial, and for and auxiliary to and consequent upon, the trial of any such person for any such offence; wherewith he may be charged as aforesaid as by the law of such colony would and ought to have been had and exercised or instituted and carrie

Fatal Accidents Act, 1855 Section 1A

Title: Suit for Compensation to the Family of a Person for Loss Occasioned to It by His Death by Actionable Wrong

State: Central

Year: 1855

.....administrator or representative of the person deceased; and in every such action, the court may give such damages as it may think proportioned to the loss resulting from such death to the parties respectively, for whom and for whose benefit such action shall be brought, and the amount so recovered, after deducting all costs and expenses, including the costs not recovered from the defendant, shall be divided amongst the before-mentioned parties, or any of them, in such shares as the court by its judgment or decree shall direct. _______________________ 1. Original section 1 renumbered as section 1A by Act 3 of 1951, section 3 and Schedule 2. The words "And it is enacted further, that" repealed by Act 10 of 1914, Schedule II.

Government of India Act, 1915-19 [Repealed] Part IX

Title: The Indian High Courts

State: Central

Year: 1915

.....his absence, or ; until the Governor-General in Council or the local government, as the case may be, sees cause to cancel the appointment of the acting judge. Section 106 - Jurisdiction of high courts (1) The several high courts are courts of record and have such jurisdiction, original and appellate, including admiralty jurisdiction, in respect of offences committed on the high seas, and all such powers and authority over or in relation to the administration of justice, including power to appoint clerks and other ministerial officers of the court, and power to make rules for regulating the practice of the court, as are vested in them by letters patent, and, subject to the provisions of any such letters patent, all such jurisdictions, powers and authority as are vested in those courts respectively at the commencement of this Act. 1[(1a) The letters patent establishing or vesting jurisdiction, powers or authority in a high court may be amended from time to time by His Majesty by further letters patent.] (2) The high courts have not and may not exercise any original jurisdiction in any matter concerning the revenue, or concerning any act ordered or done in the collection.....

Government of India Act, 1915-19 [Repealed] Section 110

Title: Exemption from Jurisdiction of High Court

State: Central

Year: 1915

.....of its original jurisdiction; or (c) be subject to theoriginal criminal jurisdiction of any high court in respect of any offence notbeing treason or felony. (2) The exemption under this section from liability toarrest and imprisonment shallextend also to the chief justice andother judges of the several high courts. _________________________ 1. These wordswere inserted by Sch. I of the Government of India (Amendment) Act, (6&7 Geo. 5, Ch. 37). 2. These words were substituted for the words "their respective executive councils" bySch. I of the Government of India (Amendment) Act, (6&7 Geo. 5, Ch. 37). 3. These words were inserted by Part II of Sch.II of the Government of India Act, 1919 (9&10 Geo. 5, Ch. 101).