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Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 5

Title: Certain Persons Expressly Forbidden to Convey Letters

State: Central

Year: 1898

Wherever within1[India] posts or postal communications are established by the Central Government, the following persons are expressly forbidden to collect, carry, tenderer deliver letters, or to receive letters for the purpose of carrying or delivering them, although they obtain no hire, reward or other profit or advantage for so doing, that is to say:-- (a) common carriers of passengers or goods, and their servants or agents, except as regards letters solely concerning goods in their carts or carriages; and (b) owners and masters of vessels sailing orpassing on any river or canal in1[India], or between any ports or places in1[India], and their servants or agents, except as regards letters solely concerning goods on board, and except as regards postal articles received for conveyance under Chapter VIII. ___________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 25 of 1950, section. 11 and Schedule. IV; for "the States".

Christian Marriage Act, 1872 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....Marriages' means 'the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages appointed under the Mysore Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act, 1956', "-Mysore Act 20 of 1956, S. 1- [29-10-1956] r/w Act 31 of 1973, S. 5 [1-11-1973]. PART 1: THE PERSONS BY WHOM MARRIAGES MAY BE SOLEMNIZED: SECTION 4: Marriages to be solemnized according to Act: Every marriage between persons, one or Marriages both of whom is [or are] a Christian or .Christians, shall be solemnized in accordance with the provisions of the next following section; and any such marriage solemnized otherwise than in accordance with such provisions shall be void. SECTION 5: Persons by whom marriages may be solemnized: Marriages may be solemnized in [India]- (1) by any person who has received episcopal ordination; provided that the marriage be solemnized according to the rules, rites, ceremonies and customs of the Church of which he is a Minister; (2) by any Clergyman of the Church of Scotland, provided that such marriage besolemnized according to the rules, rites, ceremonies and customs of the Church of Scotland; (3) by any Minister of Religion licensed under this Act to solemnize marriages; .....

The Cochin Christian Civil Marriage Act, 1920 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1920

THE COCHIN CHRISTIAN CIVIL MARRIAGE ACT, 1095 THE COCHIN CHRISTIAN CIVIL MARRIAGE ACT, 1095 [Act No. 5 of 1095] [ 17th day of January 1920] PREAMBLE (Substituted for ' Raja' by Section 2 of Act 1 of 1109) [ An Act to provide for Legalising Civil Marriages between Persons Professing Christianity in the Cochin State. Whereas it is deemed desirable to make provision for legalising civil marriages between persons Professing the Christian religion; It is hereby enacted as follows:- Section 1 - Short title This Act may be cited as The Cochin Christian Civil Marriage Act, V of 1095". Section 2 - Local extent and Commencement It extends to the whole of the Cochin State, and shall come into force at once. Section 3 - Interpretation clause In this Act, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context:- The expression "Christian" means persons professing the Christian religion; "Minor" means a person who has not completed the age of 21 years, and who is not a widower or a widow. Section 4 - Persons by whom marriages may be solemnized A Marriage between persons, one or both of whom is or are a Christian or Christians but neither of whom.....

Christian Marriage Act1872 Part V

Title: Marriages Solemnized By, or in the Presence Of, a Marriage Registrar

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....of such notice having been given and of such oath having been made : Proviso.- Provided that no lawful impediment be shown to his satisfaction why such certificate should not issue ; that the issue of such certificate has not been forbidden, in manner hereinafter mentioned, by any person authorized in that behalf by this Act ; that four days after the receipt of the notice have expired ; and further, that where, by such oath, it appears that one of the parties intending marriage is a minor, fourteen days after the entry of such notice have expired. Section 42 - Oath before issue of certificate The certificate mentioned in section 41 shall not be issued by any Marriage Registrar, until one of the parties intending marriage appears personally before such Marriage Registrar, and makes oath {As to the meaning of " oath ", see the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), section.3(37) and section.4.}--- (a) that he or she believes that there is not any impediment of kindred or affinity, or other lawful hindrance, to the said marriage, and (b) that both the parties have, or (where they have dwelt in the districts of different Marriage Registrars) that the.....

Christian Marriage Act1872 Section 73

Title: Persons Authorized to Solemnize Marriage (Other Than Clergy of Churches of England, Scotland or Rome)

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....rules, rites, ceremonies and customs of that church, or, not being a Clergyman of the Church of Rome, solemnizing a marriage according to the rites, rules, ceremonies and customs of that church, knowingly and wilfully issues any certificate for marriage under this Act, or solemnizes any marriage between such persons as aforesaid, without publishing, or causing to be affixed, the notice of such marriage as directed in Part III of this Act, or after the expiration of two months after the certificate has been issued by him; issuing certificate for, or solemnizing, marriage with minor, within fourteen days after notice ;.- or knowingly and wilfully issues any certificate for marriage, or solemnizes a marriage between such persons when one of the persons intending marriage is a minor, before the expiration of fourteen days so after the receipt of notice of such marriage, or without sending, by mat the post or otherwise, a copy of such notice to the Marriage Registrar, or, if there be more Marriage Registrars than one, to the Senior Marriage Registrar of the district ; issuing certificate authorizedly forbidden ;.- or knowingly and wilfully issues any certificate the issue of which.....

Geneva Conventions Act, 1960 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1960

.....(d) procedural matters relating to legal representation, appeals, etc. 3. The existing law on the subject is to be found in the Geneva Convention Act, 1911 (an Act of the United Kingdom) as applied to India by the Gevena Convention Act, 1911 (British India) Order-in-Council dated the 24th October, 1916, and the Geneva Convention Implementing Act, 1936 (14 of 1936). The provisions of these Acts, however, are confined to extending protection to the two emblems, namely, the Red Cross and the Geneva Cross. 4. The Bill seeks to implement the Conventions in so far as it is necessary so to do and, at the same time, consolidates the law on the subject by repealing the United Kingdom Act of 1911andthe Central Act 14 of 1936and incorporating their provisions in the Bill." - Gaz. of Ind., 1959, Extra. Pt. II, S. 2, p. 1098. An Act to enable effect to be given to certain International Conventions done at Geneva on the twelfth day of August, 1949, to which India is a party, and for purposes connected therewith. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Eleventh Year of the Republic of India as follows :- -Geneva Conventions of 12th August, 1949, were ratified by the President on the 16th October,.....

Geneva Convention Act 1960 Schedule III

Title: Third Schedule

State: Central

Year: 1960

.....Parties, each party to the conflict shall be bound to apply, as a minimum, the following provisions:- (Conflicts not of an international character.) (1) Persons taking no active part in the hostilities, including members of armed forces who have down their arms and those placed hors de combat by sickness, wounds, detention, or any other cause, shall in all circumstances be treated humanely without any adverse distinction founded on race, colour, religion or faith, sex, birth or wealth, or any other similar criteria. To this end, the following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever with respect to the above-mentioned persons:- (a) Violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment and torture; (b) taking of hostages; (c) outrages upon personal dignity, in particular, humiliating and degrading treatment; (d) the passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous judgement pronounced by a regularly constituted court affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognised as indispensable by civilized peoples. (2) The wounded and sick shall be collected and.....

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.....

Christian Marriage Act1872 Section 45

Title: Petition Where Person Whose Consent is Necessary is Insane, or Unjustly Withholds Consent

State: Central

Year: 1872

If any person whose consent is necessary to any marriage on under this Part is of unsound mind, or if any such person (other than the father) without just cause withholds his consent to the marriage, the parties intending marriage may apply by petition, where the person whose consent is necessary is resident within any of the towns of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, to a Judge of the High Court, or if he is not resident within any of the said towns, then to the District Judge : Procedure on petition.- And the said Judge of the High Court, or District Judge, as the case may be, may examine the allegations of the petition in a summary way ; and, if upon examination such marriage appears proper, such Judge of the High Court or District Judge, as the case may be, shall declare the marriage to be a proper marriage. Such declaration shall be as effectual as if the person whose consent was needed had consented to the marriage ; and, if he has forbidden the issue of the Marriage Registrar's certificate, such certificate shall be issued and the like proceedings may be had under this Part in relation to the marriage as if the issue of such certificate had not been forbidden.

Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Chapter II

Title: Privilege and Protection of the Government

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....person to make a collection of letters expected as aforesaid for the purpose of sending them otherwise than by post. (2) For the purposes of this section and section 5, the expression "letters" includes postcards. ___________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 25 of 1950, section. 11 and Schedule. IV; for "the States". Section 5 - Certain persons expressly forbidden to convey letters Wherever within1[India] posts or postal communications are established by the Central Government, the following persons are expressly forbidden to collect, carry, tenderer deliver letters, or to receive letters for the purpose of carrying or delivering them, although they obtain no hire, reward or other profit or advantage for so doing, that is to say:-- (a) common carriers of passengers or goods, and their servants or agents, except as regards letters solely concerning goods in their carts or carriages; and (b) owners and masters of vessels sailing orpassing on any river or canal in1[India], or between any ports or places in1[India], and their servants or agents, except as regards letters solely concerning goods on board, and except as regards postal articles received for.....