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Government of India Act, 1800 [Repealed] Repealing Act 1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

Government of India Act, 1833 [Repealed] Repealing Act 1

Title: Government of India Act, 1915-1919

State: Central

Year: 1833

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, 1854 [Repealed] Repealing Act 1

Title: Government of India Act, 1915-1919

State: Central

Year: 1854

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.....

Opium Act, 1857 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1857

OPIUM ACT, 1857 OPIUM ACT, 1857 An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the cultivation of the poppy and the manufacture of opium 2 [* *]. Preamble.-Whereas the existing law relating to the cultivation of the poppy and the manufacture of opium on account of Government is in some respects inconsistent with the practice which now obtains under agreement between the Opium Agents and the cultivators, and it is expedient that such in- consistency should be removed; And whereas it is also expedient3[* * *] that the laws for preventing the illicit cultivation of the poppy, and for regulating the cultivation of the poppy and the manufacture of opium on account of Government, should be consolidated and amended; It is enacted as follows:- This Act has been declared to be in force throughout the former Province of Bengal and the former North-Western Provinces except the Scheduled Districts by the Laws Local Extent Act, 1874 (15 of 1874),Sections 6and7. It has also been declared to be in force in the Santhal Parganaa (now in Bihar) by Regn. III of 1872, Section 3 (1) and Schedule; and in Oudh (now in Uttar Pradesh), subject to certain modifications by Section 3 (e) of.....

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.....

British Law Ascertainment Act, 1859 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1859

.....shall be the opinion of such Court, that it is necessary or expedient for the proper disposal of such action to ascertain the law applicable to the facts of the case as administered in any other part of Her Majesty's dominions on any point on which the law of such other part of Her Majesty's dominions is different from that in which the Court is situate, it shall be competent to the Court in which such action may depend to direct a case to be prepared setting forth the facts, as these may be ascertained by verdict of a jury or other mode competent, or may be agreed upon by the parties, or settled by such person or persons as may have been appointed by the Court for that purpose in the event of the parties not agreeing and upon such case being approved of by such Court or a Judge thereof, they shall settle the questions of law arising out of the same on which they desire to have the opinion of another Court, and shall pronounce another remitting the same, together with the case, to the Court in such other part of Her Majesty's dominions, being one of the superior Courts thereof, whose opinion is desired upon the law administered by them as applicable to the facts set forth in.....

Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Chapter 5

Title: Of Abetment

State: Central

Year: 1860

.....abetment, A is liable to the punishment provided for murder. Section 112 - Abettor when liable to cumulative punishment for act abetted and for act done If the act for which the abettor is liable under the last preceding section is committed in addition to the act abetted, and constitutes a distinct offence, the abettor is liable to punishment for each of the offences. Illustration A instigates B to resist by force a distress made by a public servant. B, in consequence, resists that distress. In offering the resistance, B voluntarily causes grievous hurt to the officer executing the distress. As B has committed both the offence of resisting the distress, and the offence of voluntarily causing grievous hurt. B is liable to punishment for both these offences; and, if A knew that B was likely voluntarily to cause grievous hurt in resisting the distress A will also be liable to punishment for each of the offences. Section 113 - Liability of abettor for an effect caused by the act abetted different from that intended by the abettor When an act is abetted with the intention on the part of the abettor of causing a particular effect, and an act for which the abettor is.....

Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 108A

Title: Abetment in India of Offences Outside India

State: Central

Year: 1860

1 [108A. Abetment in India of offences outside India A person abets an offence within the meaning of this Code who, in 2 [India], abets the commission of any act without and beyond 2 [India] which would constitute an offence if committed in 2 [India]. Illustration A, in 2 [India], instigates B, a foreigner in Goa, to commit a murder in Goa. A is guilty of abetting murder.] _____________________ 1. Added by Act 4 of 1898, section 3. 2. The words "British India" have successively been Substituted by the A.O. 1948, the A.O. 1950 and Act 3 of 1951, section 3 and Schedule to read as above.

Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Chapter 12

Title: Of Offences Relating to Coin and Government Stamps

State: Central

Year: 1860

..... 2. Substituted by A.O. 1950, for the former paragraph. 3. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "the Queen's coin". 4. Inserted by Act 6 of 1896, section 1. Section 231 - Counterfeiting coin Whoever counterfeits or knowingly performs any part of the process of counterfeiting coin, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine. Explanation.--A person commits this offence who intending to practice deception, or knowing it to be likely that deception will thereby be practiced, causes a genuine coin to appear like a different coin. Section 232 - Counterfeiting Indian coin Whoever counterfeits, or knowingly performs any part of the process of counterfeiting1[Indian coin], shall be punished with2[imprisonment for life], or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine. ______________________ 1 . Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "the Queen's coin". 2 . Substituted by Act 26 of 1955, section 117 and Schedule, for "transportation for life" (w.e.f. 1-1-1956). Section 233 - Making or selling instrument for.....

Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 263A

Title: Prohibition of Fictitious Stamps

State: Central

Year: 1860

.....imitation or representation, whether on paper or otherwise, of any stamp issued by Government for that purpose. (4) In this section and also in sections 255 to 263, both inclusive, the word "Government", when used in connection with, or in reference to, any stamp issued for the purpose of denoting a rate of postage, shall, notwithstanding anything in section 17, be deemed to include the person or persons authorized by law to administer executive Government in any part of India, and also in any part of Her Majesty's dominions or in any foreign country.] ______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 3 of 1895, section 2. 2. Substituted by Act 42 of 1953, section 4 and Schedule III, for "may be seized and" (w.e.f. 23-12-1953).