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The Punjab Land Reforms Act, 1972 Complete Act

State: Punjab

Year: 1972

.....[----] (15) "surplus area" means the area in excess of the permissible area; (16) "tenant" has the meaning assigned to it in the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887 (Act XVI of 1887) and includes a sub-tenant and self-cultivating lessee, but shall not include a present holder as defined in clause (f) of section 2 of the East Punjab Displaced Persons (Land Resettlement) Act, 1949; (17) all other words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887 (Punjab Act XVI of 1887), or the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 (Punjab Act XVII of 1887) shall have the meaning assigned to them in either of those Acts. COMMENTS Tenant on appointed day " if the petitioner was a tenant on the appointed day and had continued to be a tenant continuously it would be manifestly unfair to deprive him of tenants permissible area merely because he subsequently purchased a part of the tenancy. Whether he in fact was entitled to tenants permissible area, is a matter to be examined by the Collector. Raja Ram vs. State of Punjab, 1992 LLT 26 (F.C. Punjab) Definition of landowner : - It is admitted case of the petitioner that he is in possession of the land of Smt. Angoori.....

Indian Bills of Lading Act, 1856 Section 3

Title: Bill of Lading in Hands of Consignee, Etc. Conclusive Evidence of the Shipment as Against Master Etc

State: Central

Year: 1856

Every bill of lading in the hands of a consignee or endorsee for valuable consideration representing goods to have been shipped on board a vessel, shall be conclusive evidence of such shipment as against the master or other person signing the same, notwithstanding that such goods or some part thereof may not have been so shipped, unless such holder of the bill of lading shall have had actual notice at the time of receiving the same that the goods had not in fact been laden on board: PROVIDED that the master or other person so signing may exonerate himself, in respect of such misrepresentation, by showing that it was caused without any default on his part, and wholly by the fraud of the shipper or of the holder, or some person under whom the holder claims.

Religious Societies Act, 1880 Section 3

Title: Appointment Under Section 2 to Be Recorded in a Memorandum Under the Hand of the Chairman of the Meeting

State: Central

Year: 1880

Every appointment of new trustees under section 2 shall be made to appear by some memorandum under the hand of the chairman for the time being of the meeting at which such appointment is made. Such memorandum shall be in the form set forth in the schedule hereto annexed, or as near thereto as circumstances allow, shall be executed and attested by two or more credible witnesses in the presence of such meeting, and shall be deemed to be a document of which the registration is required by the Indian Registration Act, 1877[See now the Indian Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908)] section 17.

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Section 208

Title: On Change of Master, Documents to Be Handed over to Successor

State: Central

Year: 1958

(1) If during the progress of a voyage the master of any Indian ship is removed or superseded or for any other reason quits the ship and is succeeded in the command by some other person, he shall deliver to his successor the various documents relating to the navigation of the ship and the crew thereof which are in his custody. (2) Such successor shall immediately on assuming the command of the ship enter in the official log book a list of the documents so delivered to him.

Delhi Agricultural Produce Marketing Regulation Act 1976 Section 22

Title: Refusal to Hand over Charge to New Chairman or Vice-chairman

State: Central

Year: 1976

.....Market Committee is functioning for seizing and taking possession of the records, funds and property of the Market Committee in the possession of such Chairman or Vice-Chairman and handing over possession thereof to the successor-in-office. (4) On receipt of an application under sub-section (3), the Executive Magistrate may authorise any police officer, not below the rank of a sub-inspector, to enter and search any place where the records, funds and property are kept or are likely to be kept and to seize them and hand over possession thereof to the person specified in such application. (5) The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, shall apply to every search and seizure made under this Act.

Navy Act, 1957 Section 175

Title: Powers of Central Government to Hand over Estate of Deceased Persons to the Administrator-general

State: Central

Year: 1957

.....Act, 1913, an Administrator-General shall not interpose in any manner in relation to any property of a deceased which has been dealt with under section 171 or section 172 except in so far as he is expressly required or competent to do so by or under the provisions of this Act. (2) The Central Government may, at any time and in such circumstances as it thinks fit, direct that the estate of a deceased1[sailor] or officer shall be handed over by the commanding officer or the Committee of Adjustment, as the case may be, to the Administrator-General of a State for administration and thereupon such commanding officer or the Committee shall make over the estate to such Administrator-General. (3) Where under this section any estate is handed over to the Administrator-General, the latter shall administer such estate in accordance with the provisions of the Administrator-General's Act, 1913: Provided that where the estate is handed over to the Administrator-General before the ship and service debts and other debts in ship or quarters of the deceased are paid, it shall be the duty of the Administrator-General to pay these debts in priority to any debts due by the deceased. (4).....

Education Act, 1983 Section 106

Title: Governing Council to Hand over Properties, Records, Etc., to Competent Authority on Closure, Etc., of Private Educational Institution

State: Karnataka

Year: 1983

.....Judicial Magistrate of the First Class having jurisdiction shall, on an application made by the competent authority, by order, after notice to the Governing Council, direct the handing over of the custody of such properties, records or accounts of the institution to the competent authority within the time specified in such order. (b) Where the Governing Council fails to hand over the custody of the properties, records or accounts within the time specified in the order of the Magistrate under clause (a), it shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees or with both, and the Magistrate shall cause the custody of the properties, records or accounts to be handed over to the competent authority taking such police assistance as may be necessary. (3) Nothing in this section shall apply to a private educational institution under the management of a charitable or religious institution, charitable or religious endowment or wakf.

Army and Air Force (Disposal of Private Property) Act, 1950 Section 7

Title: Power of Central Government to Hand over Estate or Deceased Person to the Administrator General

State: Central

Year: 1950

.....Administrator General shall not interpose in any manner in relation to any property of a deceased which has been dealt with under the provisions of section 3 or section 4, except in so far as he is expressly required or permitted to do so by or under the provisions of this Act. (2) The Central Government may, at any time and in such circumstances as it thinks fit, direct that the estate of a deceased shall be handed over by the commanding officer or the Committee, as the case may be, to the Administrator General of a State for administration, and thereupon the commanding officer or the Committee, as the case may be, shall make over the estate to such Administrator General. (3) Where under this section any estate is handed over to the Administrator General, the Administrator General shall administer such estate in accordance with the provisions of1[the Administrators-General Act, 1963 (45 of 1963)], or, if that Act is not in force in any State, of the corresponding law in force in that State : Provided that the regimental and other debts in camp or quarters of the deceased, if any, shall be paid by the Administrator General in priority to any other debts due by the.....

Indian Trusts Act, 1882 Section 63

Title: Following Trust-property into the Hands of Third Persons

State: Central

Year: 1882

Where trust-property conies into the hands of a third person is consistently with the trust, the beneficiary may require him to admit formally, or may institute a suit for a declaration, 'that the property is comprised in the trust. Into that into which it has been converted.--Where he trustee has disposed of trust-properly and the money or other property which he has received therefor can be traced in his hands, or the hands of his legal representative or legatee, the beneficiary has, in respect thereof, rights as nearly as may be the same as his rights in respect of the original trust-property. Illustrations (a) A, a trustee for B of Rs.10,000, wrongfully invests the Rs.10,000 in the purchase of certain land. B is entitled to the land. (b) A, a trustee, wrongfully purchases land in his own name, partly with his own money, partly with money subject to a trust for . B is entitled to a charge on the land for the amount of the trust-money so misemployed.

Indian Succession Act, 1925 Section 115

Title: Bequest to a Class Some of Whom May Come Under Rules in Sections 113 and 114

State: Central

Year: 1925

Section 115 - Bequest to a class some of whom may come under rules in sections 113 and 114 If a bequest is made to a class of persons with regard to some of whom it is inoperative by reason of the provisions of section 113 or section 114, such bequest shall be 1 [void in regard to those persons only, and not in regard to the whole class]. Illustrations (i) A fund is bequeathed to A for life, and after his death to all his children who shall attain the age of 25. A survives the testator, and has some children living at the testator's death. Each child of A's living at the testator's death must attain the age of 25 (if at all) within the limits allowed for a bequest. But A may have children after the testator's decease, some of whom may not attain the age of 25 until more than 18 years have elapsed after the decease of A. The bequest to A's children, therefore, is inoperative as to any child born after the testator's death; 2 [and in regard to those who do not attain the age of 25 within 18 years after A's death, but is operative in regard to the other children of A]. (ii) A fund is bequeathed to A for his life, and after his death to B, C, D and all.....