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The Stage Carriages Act, 1861 Complete Act

State: Punjab

Year: 1861

THE STAGE- CARRIAGES ACT, 1861 THE STAGE- CARRIAGES ACT, 1861 ACT NO. 16 OF 1861 [ 7the July, 1861.] An Act for licensing and regulating Stage- Carriages. Preamble.- WHEREAS it is expedient to licence and to regulate stage- carriages in the Provinces; It is enacted as follows:- 1. Definition of stage- carriage." Every carriage drawn by one or more 2[ horses which shall ordinarily be used for the purpose of conveying passengers for hire to or from any place in the Stats, shall, without regard to the form or construction of such carriage, be deemed to be a stage- carriage within the meaning of this Act. 2. Carriages to be licensed.- No carriage shall be used as a stage- carriage unless licensed by a 4[ Magistrate or by the 5[ Commissioner of Police of a Presidency- town. 3. Power to refuse license." The Magistrate or 5[ Commissioner of Police to whom the application for a license of a stage- carriage is made may refuse to license the same, if he shall be of opinion that such stage- carriage is unserviceable or is unsafe or unfit for public accommodation or use. 1. Short title given by the Indian Short Titles Act, 1897 (14 of 1897 ). This Act, as.....

Stage-carriages Act, 1861 Section 13

Title: Penalty when Recoverable from Proprietor

State: Central

Year: 1861

.....being known cannot be found, or if the penalty cannot be recovered from such driver or owner, the proprietor of such carriage shall be liable to every such penalty as if he had been the driver of such carriage or owner of such horse at the time when such offence was committed : Proviso Provided that if any such proprietor shall make out, to the satisfaction of the Magistrate before whom any complaint or information shall be heard, by sufficient evidence, that the offence was committed by such driver or owner without the privity or knowledge of such proprietor, and that no profit, advantage, or benefit, either directly or indirectly, has accrued or can accrue to such proprietor therefrom, and that he has used his endeavour to find out such driver or owner, and has done all that was in his power to recover the amount of the penalty from him, the Magistrate may discharge the proprietor from such penalty, and shall levy the same upon such driver or owner when found.

General Clauses Act 1897 Section 11

Title: Measurement of Distances

State: Central

Year: 1897

In the measurement of any distance, for the purposes of any1[Central Act] or Regulation made after the commencement of this Act, that distance shall, unless a different intention appears, be measured in a straight line on a horizontal plane. ________________________ 1. Substituted by the A.O. 1937, for "Act of the Governor General in Council".

General Clauses Act, 1897 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1897

.....all parts under the Central Legislature shall, for the purposes of this definition, be deemed to be one British possession; (7) "Central Act" shall mean an Act of Parliament, and shall include- (a) an Act of the Dominion Legislature or of the Indian Legislature passed before the commencement of the Constitution, and (b) an Act made before such commencement by the Governor General in Council or the Governor General, acting in a legislative capacity; (8) "Central Government" shall,- (a) in relation to anything done before the commencement of the Constitution, mean the Governor General or the Governor General in Council, as the case may be; and shall include,- (i) in relation to functions entrusted under sub-section (1) of section 124 of the Government of India Act, 1935, to the Government of a Province, the provincial Government acting within the scope of the authority given to it under that subsection; and (ii) in relation to the administration of a Chief Commissioner's Province, the Chief Commissioner acting within the scope of the authority given to him under sub-section (3) of section 94 of the said Act; and (b) in relation to anything done or to be done after the.....

Karnataka] General Clauses Act, 1899 Part III

Title: General Rules of Construction

State: Karnataka

Year: 1899

.....Mysore Adaptations of Laws Order, 1956 w.e.f. 1.11.1956 4. Added by Act 12 of 1953. Section 6 - Effect of repeal Where this Act or [any Mysore Act or Karnataka Act] made after the commencement of this Act repeals any enactment hitherto made or hereafter to be made, then, unless a different intention appears, the repeal shall not,- (a) revive anything not in force or existing at the time at which the repel takes effect; or (b) affect the previous operation of any enactment so repealed or anything duly done or suffered thereunder; or (c) affect any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under any enactment so repealed; or (d) affect any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against any enactments so repealed; or (e) affect any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such, right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment as aforesaid; and any such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced, and any such penalty, forfeiture or punishment may be imposed, as if the repealing Act had not been passed. Section 6A.....

Karnataka] General Clauses Act, 1899 Section 11

Title: Measurement of Distances

State: Karnataka

Year: 1899

In the measurement of any distance, for the purposes of1[any Mysore Act or Karnataka Act] made after the commencement of this Act, that distance shall, unless a different intention appears, be measured in a straight line on a horizontal plane. _______________________________ 1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order, 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973

Bengal General Clauses Act, 1899 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1899

.....the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland; (5) 22. Clause (5) om. by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937. ***** (6) "Bengal Act" shall mean an Act made by the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal in Council under 33. Words and figures ins. by Act 1 of 1903. [the Indian Councils Act, 1861, or] the Indian Councils Acts, 1861 and 1892 44. Words and figures ins. by Ben. Act 1 of 1914. [or the Indian Councils Acts, 1861, 1892 and 1909, or made by the Governor in Council of Fort William in Bengal under the Indian Councils Act, 1861, 1892 and 1909] 55. Words and figures ins. by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937. [or the Government of India Act, 1915, or by the Local Legislature or the Governor of Bengal under the Government of India Act or by the Provincial Legislature or the Governor of Bengal under the Government of India Act, 1935.] (7) "Chapter" shall mean a Chapter of the Act in which the word occurs; (8) "Collector" shall mean, in Calcutta, the Collector of Calcutta, and elsewhere the chief officer in charge of the revenue administration of a district; (9) "commencement", used with reference to an Act shall mean the day on which.....

Bombay General Clauses Act, 1904, (Maharashtra) Section 12

Title: Measurement of Distances

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1904

In the measurement of any distance for the purpose of any Bombay Act 1 [or Maharashtra Act] made after the commencement of this Act, that distance shall, unless a different intention appears, be measured in a straight line on a horizontal plane. _________________________ 1. See now the Indian Limitation Act, 1908 (9 of 1908), Central Act.

Electricity Act, 1910 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1910

.....shall be deemed to be the time of purchase:" [Bihar Act 29 of 1950, Sec. 3 ]. For sub-sections (2) and (3) of Sec. 5 of the Indian Electricity Act, 1910 (Act IX of 1910) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act, the following subsections shall be substituted, namely : "(2) Where an undertaking is sold under sub-section (1), the purchaser shall pay to the licensee the amount payable for the undertaking determined in accordance with the provision of sub-sections (1) and (2) of Sec. 7-A. (3) Where the State Government issues any notice under sub- section ( 1 ) requiring the licensee to deliver on a date specified in the notice the undertaking to the designated purchaser pending the determination and payment of the amount payable for the undertaking: Provided that in any such case the purchaser shall pay to the licensee, interest at the Reserve Bank rate ruling at the time of delivery of the undertaking plus one per cent on the amount payable for the undertaking for the period from the date of delivery of the undertaking to the date of payment of the amount payable." [Biliar Ordinance 5 of 1974.] Gujarat.-In the principal Act, in Sec. 5, in sub-section (2), for the words,.....

Indian Electricity Act, 1910 [Repealed] Part II

Title: Supply of Energy

State: Central

Year: 1910

.....and shall be removed as soon as may be after such defect is removed. ______________________________ 1. Certain words and brackets omitted by Act 32 of 1959, Section12. 2. Inserted by Act 32 of 1959, Section 12. 3. Substituted by Act 32 of 1959, Section 2, for "aerial line". Section 14 - Alteration of pipes or wires (1) Any licensee may alter the position of any pipe (not forming, in a case where the licensee is not a local authority, part of a local authority's main sewer), or of any wire under or over any place which he is authorised to open or break up, if such pipe or wire is likely to interfere with the exercise of his powers under this Act; and any person may alter position of any electric supply-lines or works of a licensee under or over any such place as aforesaid, if such electric supply-lines or works are likely to interfere with the lawful exercise of any powers vested in him. (2) In any such case as aforesaid the following provisions shall, in the absence of an agreement to the contrary between the parties concerned, apply, namely: (a) not less than one month before commencing any alteration, the licensee or other person desiring to make the.....