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Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Section 114

Title: Engagements Between Seamen1 and Masters of Ships Other Than Indian Ships

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....of such agreement and stipulations, and for the repayment to the Central Government of all expenses which may be incurred by it in respect of any such seaman who is discharged or left behind at any port out of India and becomes distressed and is relieved under the provisions of this Act: Provided that the shipping master may waive the execution of a bond under this section where the owner of the ship has an agent at any port in India and such agent accepts liability in respect of all matters for which the master of the ship would be liable if he were to execute a bond under this section or may accept from the agent such security as may be approved by the Central Government. (4) The fees fixed under section 90 shall be payable in respect of every such engagement, and deductions from the wages of seamen so engaged may be made to the extent and in the manner allowed under the said section 90. _________________________ 1 . The Central Government has instituted a Provident Fund scheme for the benefit of seamen since 1966 -

Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 Section 37

Title: Power of Board to Order Sea-going Vessels to Use Docks, Wharves, Etc

State: Central

Year: 1963

.....or for landing or for shipping the same, any sea-going vessel within the port or port approaches which has not commenced to discharge goods or passengers, or which being about to take in goods or passengers, has not commenced to do so: Provided that before making such order, Board shall have regard, as far as possible, to the convenience of such vessel and of the shippers, in respect of the use of any particular dock, berth, wharf, quay, stage, jetty or pier: Provided further that if the Board is not the conservator of the port, the Board shall not itself make the order as aforesaid but shall require the conservator of the port, or other person exercising the rights, powers, and authorities of the conservator of the port, to make such order.

Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 Section 41

Title: Board to Declare when Vessels Other Than Sea-going Vessels Compelled to Use Docks, Wharves, Etc

State: Central

Year: 1963

.....therein it shall not be lawful, without the express sanction of the Board, to land or ship any goods or passengers out of, or into, any vessel not being a sea-going vessel, of any class specified in such order, except at such dock, berth, wharf, quay, stage, jetty or pier. (2) As from the date of the publication of the order mentioned in sub-section (1) for the third time, it shall not be lawful, without the consent of the Board, for any vessel of such class,-- (i) to land or ship any goods or passengers at any place within the limits so specified except at such dock, berth, wharf, quay, stage, jetty or pier; or (ii) while within such limits, to anchor, fasten or lie within fifty yards of the ordinary low-water mark. (3) If after the publication of such order, any such vessel shall, while within the limits so specified, so anchor, fasten or He, it shall be lawful for the Board to cause the same to be removed out of the said limits at the expense of the master or owner or agent of the vessel.

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Section 136

Title: Result of Legatee Rendering Impossible or Indefinitely Postponing Act for Which No Time Specified, and on Non-performance of Which Subject-matter to Go over

State: Central

Year: 1925

Where a bequest is made with a condition super-added that, unless the legatee shall perform a certain act, the subject-matter of the bequest shall go to another person, or the bequest shall cease to have effect but no time is specified for the performance of the act; if the legatee takes any step which renders impossible or indefinitely postpones the performance of the act required, the legacy shall go as if the legatee had died without performing such act. Illustrations (i) A bequest is made to A, with a proviso that, unless he enters the Army, the legacy shall go over to B. A takes Holy Orders, and thereby renders it impossible that he should fulfil the condition. B is entitled to receive the legacy. (ii) A bequest is made to A, with a proviso that it shall cease to have any effect if he does not marry B's daughter. A marries a stranger and thereby indefinitely postpones the fulfilment of the conditions. The bequest ceases to have effect.

Bombay Entertainments Duty Act, 1923, (Maharashtra) Section 4D

Title: Remission or Refund in Respect of a Car in Go

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1923

.....granted unless notice in writing of any car having remained so inoperative and unproductive during a month or part thereof has been given to the prescribed officer either in person and an acknowledgement therefor has been obtained or by post under certificate of posting and that no such remission or refund shall be admissible for any period previous to the date of acknowledgement or the date of posting under such certificate with details of such inoperativeness or unproductiveness. (2) The burden of proving inoperativeness or unproductiveness of any car entitling any person to claim such relief under this section shall be upon such person. ____________________ 1. These sections were inserted by Man. 20 of 2002, s. 6.

Representation of the People Act, 1951 Section 134B

Title: Prohibition of Going Armed to or Near a Polling Station

State: Central

Year: 1951

1[134B. Prohibition of going armed to or near a polling station. - (1)No person, other than the returning officer, the presiding officer, any police officer and any other person appointed to maintain peace and order at a polling station who is on duty at the polling station, shall, on a polling day, go armed with arms, as defined in the Anns Act, 1959, of any kind within the neighbourhood of a polling station. (2) If any person contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1), he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or with fine, or with both. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Arms Act, 1959 (54 of 1959), where a person is convicted of an offience under this section, the arms as defined in the said Act found in his possession shall be liable to confiscation and the licence granted in relation to such arms shall be deemed to have been revoked under section 17 of that Act. (4) An offence punishable under sub-section (2) shall be cognizable.] ______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 21 of 1996, Section 13 w.e.f. 1-8-1996.

Bengal Bonded Warehouse Association Act, 1838 Section 10

Title: Directors Go out by Rotation

State: Central

Year: 1838

1 * * * a rotation among the Directors of the said Association shall be settled by lot, so that two of the said Directors may go out of office on the Monday following the 15th day of May, in every year, and 2 * * * on the Monday following the 15th day of May, in every year, a general meeting of proprietors shall be held, at which two Directors shall be chosen, and that no Director going out by such rotation shall be capable of being re-elected, till the Monday after the 15th of May in the year next following. _______________________ 1. The words "And it is hereby enacted, that" omitted by Act 12 of 1891, section 2 and Schedule I. 2. The word "that" omitted by section 2 and Schedule I, by Act 12 of 1891, section 2 and Schedule I.

Legal Practitioners Act, 1879 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1879

.....as regards their or his own Court and the Courts, if any, subordinate thereto) may frame and publish lists of persons proved to their or his satisfaction, [or to the sat "action of any subordinate Court as provided in sub-section (2A)] by evidence of general repute or otherwise, habitually to act as touts, and may, from time to time, alter and amend such lists. (2) No person's name shall be included in any such list until he shall have had an opportunity of showing cause against such inclusion.10[(2A) Any authority empowered under sub-section (1) to frame and publish a list of touts may send to any Court subordinate to such authority the names of any persons alleged or suspected to be touts, and order that Court to hold an inquiry in regard to such persons; and the subordinate Court shall thereupon hold an inquiry into the conduct of such persons and, after giving each such an opportunity of showing cause as provided in sub-section (2), shall report to the authority which has ordered the inquiry the name of each such person who has been proved to the satisfaction of the subordinate Court to be a tout; and that authority may include the name of any such person in the list of.....

Major Port Trusts Act, 1963 Section 38

Title: If Accommodation Sufficient, All Sea-going Vessels Compelled to Use Docks, Wharves Etc

State: Central

Year: 1963

When a sufficient number of docks, berths, wharves, quays, stages, jetties or piers have been provided at any port or port approaches as aforesaid, the Board may, after obtaining the approval of the Collector of Customs and by notification published in three consecutive issues of the Official Gazette, direct that no goods or passengers shall be landed or shipped from or upon any sea-going vessel within the port or port approaches otherwise than at such docks, berths, wharves, quays, stages, jetties or piers, except with the sanction of the Board and in accordance with such conditions as the Board may specify.

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Section 170

Title: Foreign Going Indian Ship to Carry Duly Certificated Cook

State: Central

Year: 1958

(1) With effect from such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, specify, every foreign-going Indian ship of such tonnage as may be prescribed shall be provided with, and shall carry, a cook duly certificated under this Act. (2) The Central Government may make rules specifying the qualifications, experience or sea service which may be required from persons who wish to obtain certificates of competency as cooks under this Act, and the conditions under which any such certificate may be granted, cancelled or suspended.