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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.

Howrah Offences Act, 1857 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1857

.....3 of 1884. Section 17 Pawnbrokers, etc., to report stolen property, pawnbrokers, etc., when to be deemed receivers of stolen goods Rep. by Ben. Act 3 of 1884. Section 18 Manufacture or possession of gunpowder Whoever manufactures gunpowder, or, without a license form the Magistrate, has in his possession in any house, shop, warehouse or other building, at any one time, a greater quantity of gunpowder than ten pounds, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred rupees, and also to forfeit such gunpowder so manufactured or possessed, together with the vessel or receptacle in which it may be contained. Section 19 Licenses by Magistrate for sale and deposit of gunpowder, etc. The Magistrate may grant to any person a license of the sale or keeping in deposit of any quantity of gunpowder not exceeding fifty pounds on such conditions, and for such term not exceeding one year, as shall be specified in the license; and any person who shall be guilty of a breach of any of such conditions shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred rupees, and to forfeit all gunpowder so kept in deposit contrary thereto, and the vessels containing it, and also to forfeit his.....

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 16

Title: Of Offences Affecting the Human Body

State: Central

Year: 1860

..... 1. Substituted by Act 26 of 1955, section 117 and Schedule, for "transportation for life" (w.e.f. 1-1-1956). 2. Inserted by Act 27 of 1870, section 11. 3. Inserted by Act 12 of 1891, section 2 and Schedule II. Section 308 - Attempt to commit culpable homicide Whoever does any act with such intention or knowledge and under such circumstances that, if he by that act caused death, he would be guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both; and, if hurt is caused to any person by such act, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both. Illustration A, on grave and sudden provocation, fires a pistol at Z, under such circumstances that if he thereby caused death he would be guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. A has committed the offence defined in this section. Section 309 - Attempt to commit suicide Whoever attempts to commit suicide and does any act towards the commission of such offence, shall he punished with.....

Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 299

Title: Culpable Homicide

State: Central

Year: 1860

.....but A has committed the offence of culpable homicide. (c) A, by shooting at a fowl with intent to kill and steal it, kills B who is behind a bush; A not knowing that he was there. Here, although A was doing an unlawful act, he was not guilty of culpable homicide, as he did not intend to kill B, or to cause death by doing an act that he knew was likely to cause death. Explanation I.--A person who causes bodily injury to another who is labouring under a disorder, disease or bodily infirmity, and thereby accelerates the death of that other, shall be deemed to have caused his death. Explanation 2.--Where death is caused by bodily injury, the person who causes such bodily injury shall be deemed to have caused the death, although by resorting to proper remedies and skilful treatment the death might have been prevented. Explanation 3.--The causing of the death of child in the mother's womb is not homicide. But it may amount to culpable homicide to cause the death of a living child, if any part of that child has been brought form, though the child may not have breathed or been completely born.

Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 300

Title: Murder

State: Central

Year: 1860

.....defence. Explanation.--Whether the provocation was grave and sudden enough to prevent the offence from amounting to murder is a question of fact. Illustrations (a) A, under the influence of passion excited by a provocation given by Z, intentionally kills. Y, Z"s child. This is murder, in as much as the provocation was not given by the child, and the death of the child was not caused by accident or misfortune in doing an act caused by the provocation. (b) Y gives grave and sudden provocation to, A, A, on this provocation, fires a pistol at Y, neither intending nor knowing himself to be likely to kill Z, who is near him, but out of sight. A kills Z. Here A has not committed murder, but merely culpable homicide. (c) A is lawfully arrested by Z, a bailiff. A is excited to sudden and violent passion by the arrest, and kills Z. This is murder, in as much as the provocation was given by a thing done by a public servant in the exercise of his powers. (d) A appears as witness before Z, a Magistrate, Z says that he does not believe a word of A's deposition, and that A has perjured himself. A is moved to sudden passion by these words, and kills Z. This is murder. (e) A.....

Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 307

Title: Attempt to Murder

State: Central

Year: 1860

.....the gun at Z. He has committed the offence defined in this section, and if by such firing he wounds Z, he is liable to the punishment provided by the latter part of 3 [the first paragraph of] this section. (d) A, intending to murder Z by poison, purchases poison and mixes the same with food which remains in A's keeping; A has not yet committed the offence defined in this section. A places the food on Z's table or delivers it to Z's servant to place it on Z's table. A has committed the offence defined in this section. _______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 26 of 1955, section 117 and Schedule, for "transportation for life" (w.e.f. 1-1-1956). 2. Inserted by Act 27 of 1870, section 11. 3. Inserted by Act 12 of 1891, section 2 and Schedule II.

Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 308

Title: Attempt to Commit Culpable Homicide

State: Central

Year: 1860

Whoever does any act with such intention or knowledge and under such circumstances that, if he by that act caused death, he would be guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both; and, if hurt is caused to any person by such act, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both. Illustration A, on grave and sudden provocation, fires a pistol at Z, under such circumstances that if he thereby caused death he would be guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. A has committed the offence defined in this section.

Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 324

Title: Voluntarily Causing Hurt by Dangerous Weapons or Means

State: Central

Year: 1860

Whoever, except in the case provided for by section 334, voluntarily causes hurt by means of any instrument for shooting, stabbing or cutting, or any instrument which, used as weapon of offence, is likely to cause death, or by means of fire or any heated substance, or by means of any poison or any corrosive substance, or by means of any explosive substance or by means of any substance which it is deleterious 10 the human body to inhale, to swallow, or to receive into the blood, or by means of any animal, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.