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Christian Marriage Act1872 Section 48

Title: Petition when Registrar Doubts Authority of Person Forbidding

State: Central

Year: 1872

Whenever a Marriage Registrar, acting under the provisions of section 44, is not satisfied that the person forbidding the issue of the certificate is authorized by law so to do, the said Marriage Registrar shall apply by petition, where his district is within any of the towns of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, to a Judge of the High Court, or if such district be not within any of the said towns, then to the District Judge. Procedure on petition.- The said petition shall state all the circumstances of the case, and pray for the order and direction of the Court concerning the same, and the said Judge of the High Court or District Judge, as the case may be, shall examine into the allegations of the petition and the circumstances of the case, and if, upon such examination, it appears, that the person forbidding the issue of such certificate is not authorized by law so to do, such Judge of the High Court or District Judge, as the case may be, shall declare that the person forbidding the issue of such certificate is not authorized as aforesaid. and thereupon such certificate shall be issued, and the like proceedings may be had in relation to such marriage as if the issue had.....

Christian Marriage Act1872 Section 67

Title: Forbidding, by False Personation, Issue of Certificate by Marriage Registrar

State: Central

Year: 1872

Whoever forbids the issue, by a Marriage Registrar, of a certificate, by falsely representing himself to be a person whose consent to the marriage is required by law, knowing or believing such representation to be false, or not having reason to believe it to be true, shall be deemed guilty of the offence described in section 205 of the Indian Penal Code.( 45 of 1860 ) {Subs. by Act 2 of 1891, section.6, for the original section.68.}

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.....

The Travancorecochin Public Health Act, 1955 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1955

.....does not include an honorary Magistrate; (24) "Medical practitioner" means a practitioner registered under the Travancore-Cochin Medical Practitioners Act, 1953 or who has got any medical qualification recognized by the Government; (25) "Milk" means the milk of a cow, buffalo, goat, ass or other animal and includes cream, skimmed milk, separated milk, and condensed, sterilized or desiccated milk or any other product of milk; (26) "Notification" means a notification in the Gazette; (27) "Nuisance" includes any act, omission, place or thing which causes or is likely to cause injury, danger, annoyance or offence to the sense of sight, smell or hearing or disturbance to rest or sleep or which is or may be dangerous to life or injurious to the health or property of the public or the people in general who dwell or occupy property in the vicinity or persons who may have occasion to use any public right; (28) "Occupier" includes " (a) any person for the time being paying or liable to pay to the owner the rent or any portion of the rent of the land or building or part of the same in respect of which the word is used or damages on account of the occupation of such land,.....

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.....

The Madras Public Health Act, 1939 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1939

THE MADRAS PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1939 THE MADRAS PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1939 [Act No. 3 of 1939] PREAMBLE An Act to make provision for advancing the Public Health of the 1 [State] of Madras WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision for advancing the Public Health of the Substituted by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950 [State] of Madras. It is hereby enacted as follows:- Published in Fort. St. George Gazette dated 07-03-1939. Section 1 - Short title and extent (1) This Act may be called the Madras Public Health Act, 1939. (2) Substituted by Act 16/2000 pub. in K.G. Ex. No. 869 dated 12-05-2000 [It extends to the whole of the Malabar District and the Kasargod taluk of south Kanara district as defined in clause (b) of section 5 of the States Reorganization Act, 1956 (Central Act 37 of 1956)] Section 2 - Commencement Omitted by ibid [x x x x] Section 3 - Definitions In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context- (1) "Building" includes- (a) a house, out-house, stable, latrine, godown, shed, hut, wall (other than a boundary wall not exceeding eight feet in height) and any other such structure, whether of masonry, bricks,.....

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.....

Indian Evidence Act 1872 Part 3

Title: Production and Effect of Evidence

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....the burden of proving that fact is upon him. Illustrations (a) When a person does an act with some intention other than that which the character and circumstances of the act suggest, the burden of proving that intention is upon him. (b) A is charged with travelling on a railway without a ticket. The burden of proving that he had a ticket is on him Section 107 - Burden of proving death of person known to have been alive within thirty years When the question is whether a man is alive or dead, and it is shown that he was alive within thirty years, the burden of proving that he is dead is on the person who affirms it. Section 108 - Burden of proving that person is alive who has not been heard of for seven years 1 [Provided that when] the question is whether a man is alive or dead, and it is proved that he has not been heard of for seven years by those who would naturally have heard of him if he had been alive, the burden of proving that he is alive is 2 [shifted to] the person who affirms it. _______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 18 of 1872, section 9, for "when". 2. Substituted by Act 18 of 1972, section 9, for "on". Section 109 - Burden of.....

Indian Evidence Act 1872 Chapter 10

Title: Of the Examination of Witnesses

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....by the mere fact that he produces it, and cannot be cross-examined unless and until he is called as a witness. Section 140 - Witnesses to character Witnesses to character may be cross-examined and re-examined. Section 141 - Leading questions Any question suggesting the answer which the person pulling it wishes or expects to receive, is called a leading question. Section 142 - When they must not be asked Leading questions must not, if objected to by the adverse party, be asked in an examination-in-chief, or in a re-examination, except with the permission of the Court. The Court shall permit leading questions as to matters which are introductory or undisputed, or which have, in its opinion, been already sufficiently proved. Section 143 - When they may be asked Leading questions may be asked in cross-examination. Section 144 - Evidence as to matters in writing Any witness may be asked, whilst under examination whether any contract, grant or other disposition of property, as to which he is giving evidence, was not contained in a document, and if he says that it was, or if he is about to make any statement as to the contents of any document, which in the.....