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Civil Defence Act, 1968 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1968

.....thereunder or any order made under this Act or any such rule shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any enactment other than this Act or in any instrument having effect by virtue of any enactment other than this Act. (2) Every appointment, order or rule made in relation to civil defence before the commencement of this Act by or under any law relating to civil defence shall, in so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, continue to be in force until it is rescinded or altered under this Act, and be deemed to have been made under the corresponding provisions of this Act. SECTION 13: ORDINARY AVOCATIONS OF LIFE TO BE INTERFERED WITH AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE Any authority or person acting in pursuance of the Act shall interfere with the ordinary avocations of life and the enjoyment of property as little as may be consonant with the purpose of ensuring the public safety and civil defence. SECTION 14: SAVINGS AS TO ORDERS (1) No order made in exercise of any power conferred by or under this Act shall be called in question in any Court. (2) Where an order purports to have been made and signed by any authority in.....

The Civil Defence Act, 1968 Complete Act

State: Meghalaya

Year: 1968

.....there under or any order made under this act or any such rule shall have effect not with standing anything inconsistent therewith contained in any enactment other than this act or in any instrument having effect by virtue of any enactment other than this act. (2) Every appointment, order or rule made in relation to civil defence before the commencement of this act by or under any law relating to civil defence shall, in so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this act continue to be in force until it is rescinded or altered under this act, and be deemed to have been made under the corresponding provisions of this act. Explanation " "Commencement of this Act". In relation to any provision or area, means the commencement of that provision or, as the case may be, the commencement of this act in the area. 13. Ordinary avocations of life to be interfered with as little as possible Any authority or person acting in pursuance of this act shall interfere with the ordinary avocations of life and the enjoyment of property as little as may be consonant with the purpose of ensuring the public safety and civil defence. 14. Savings as to orders. (1) No order made.....

Civil Defence Act, 1968 Chapter I

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 1968

.....Defence Corps" means the Corps formed wholly or mainly to meet the needs of civil defence and includes an organisation deemed to be a Corps under the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 4; (c) "hostile attack" means any attack by any person or body of persons, whether during any war, external aggression, internal disturbance or otherwise which endangers the security of any life, property, place or thing in India or any part of the territory thereof; (d) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette; (e) "personal service injury" has the meaning assigned to it in the Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1962 (59 of 1962); (f) "State Government", in relation to a Union territory, means the Administrator of the Union territory. 1[(g) "disaster" means a disaster as defined in Clause (d) of section 2 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005(53 of 2005); (h) "disaster management" means the disaster management as defined in clause (e) of section 2 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005(53 of 2005).] _______________________________ 1. Inserted by the Civil Defence (Amendment) Act, 2009.

Civil Defence Act, 1968 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1968

.....Defence Corps" means the Corps formed wholly or mainly to meet the needs of civil defence and includes an organisation deemed to be a Corps under the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 4; (c) "hostile attack" means any attack by any person or body of persons, whether during any war, external aggression, internal disturbance or otherwise which endangers the security of any life, property, place or thing in India or any part of the territory thereof; (d) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette; (e) "personal service injury" has the meaning assigned to it in the Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1962 (59 of 1962); (f) "State Government", in relation to a Union territory, means the Administrator of the Union territory. 1[(g) "disaster" means a disaster as defined in Clause (d) of section 2 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005(53 of 2005); (h) "disaster management" means the disaster management as defined in clause (e) of section 2 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005(53 of 2005).] _______________________________ 1. Inserted by the Civil Defence (Amendment) Act, 2009.

Civil Defence Act, 1968 Chapter II

Title: Power of Central Government to Make Rules for Civil Defence

State: Central

Year: 1968

.....stocks of railways and tramways; (vi)warehouses and all other places used or intended to be used for storage purposes; (vii)mines, oilfields, factories or industrial or commercial undertakings generally,or any mine, oilfield, factory or industrial or commercial undertaking inparticular; (viii)laboratories and institutions where scientific or technological research or trainingis conducted or imparted; (ix)all works and structures being part of, or connected with, anything earlier mentionedin this clause; and (x)any other place or thing used or intended to be used for the purposes ofGovernment or a local authority or a semi-Government or autonomous organisation,the protection of which is considered necessary or expedient for securing civildefence; (p)control of any road or pathway, waterway, ferry or bridge, river, canal orother source of water supply; (q)precautionary measures, which the Government or any department thereof or anylocal authority, members of police force, fire brigade and members of any otherservice or authority employed primarily for purposes other than civil defencepurposes should be required to take within their respective jurisdictions orwith.....

Civil Defence Act, 1968 Section 3

Title: Power to Make Rules for Civil Defence

State: Central

Year: 1968

.....stocks of railways and tramways; (vi)warehouses and all other places used or intended to be used for storage purposes; (vii)mines, oilfields, factories or industrial or commercial undertakings generally,or any mine, oilfield, factory or industrial or commercial undertaking inparticular; (viii)laboratories and institutions where scientific or technological research or trainingis conducted or imparted; (ix)all works and structures being part of, or connected with, anything earlier mentionedin this clause; and (x)any other place or thing used or intended to be used for the purposes ofGovernment or a local authority or a semi-Government or autonomous organisation,the protection of which is considered necessary or expedient for securing civildefence; (p)control of any road or pathway, waterway, ferry or bridge, river, canal orother source of water supply; (q)precautionary measures, which the Government or any department thereof or anylocal authority, members of police force, fire brigade and members of any otherservice or authority employed primarily for purposes other than civil defencepurposes should be required to take within their respective jurisdictions orwith.....

Government of India Act, 1858 [Repealed] Section 54

Title: When Order to Commence Hostilities is Sent to India, the Fact to Be Communicated to Parliament

State: Central

Year: 1858

When any Order is sent to India directing the actual Commencement of Hostilities by Her Majesty's Forces in India, the Fact of such Order having been sent shall be communicated to both Houses of Parliament within Three Months after the sending of such Order, if Parliament be sitting, unless such Order shall have been in the meantime revoked or suspended, and if Parliament be not sitting at the end of such Three Months then within One Month after the next Meeting of Parliament.

Government of India Act, 1915-19 [Repealed] Section 15

Title: Communication to Parliament as to Orders for Commencing Hostilities

State: Central

Year: 1915

When any order is sent to India directing the actual commencement of hostilities by His Majesty's forces in India, the fact of the order having been sent shall, unless the order has in the meantime been revoked or suspended, be communicated to both Houses of Parliament within three months after the sending of the order or, if Parliament is not sitting at the expiration of those three months, then within one month after the next meeting of Parliament.

Geneva Conventions Act, 1960 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1960

.....(d) procedural matters relating to legal representation, appeals, etc. 3. The existing law on the subject is to be found in the Geneva Convention Act, 1911 (an Act of the United Kingdom) as applied to India by the Gevena Convention Act, 1911 (British India) Order-in-Council dated the 24th October, 1916, and the Geneva Convention Implementing Act, 1936 (14 of 1936). The provisions of these Acts, however, are confined to extending protection to the two emblems, namely, the Red Cross and the Geneva Cross. 4. The Bill seeks to implement the Conventions in so far as it is necessary so to do and, at the same time, consolidates the law on the subject by repealing the United Kingdom Act of 1911andthe Central Act 14 of 1936and incorporating their provisions in the Bill." - Gaz. of Ind., 1959, Extra. Pt. II, S. 2, p. 1098. An Act to enable effect to be given to certain International Conventions done at Geneva on the twelfth day of August, 1949, to which India is a party, and for purposes connected therewith. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Eleventh Year of the Republic of India as follows :- -Geneva Conventions of 12th August, 1949, were ratified by the President on the 16th October,.....

Geneva Convention Act 1960 Schedule I

Title: First Schedule

State: Central

Year: 1960

.....the application thereof. (Translations. Rules of application.) CHAPTER IX REPRESSION OF ABUSES AND INFRACTIONS Article 49 The High contracting parties undertake to enact any legislation necessary to provide effective penal sanctions for persons committing, or ordering to be committed, any of the grave breaches of the present convention defined in the following Article. (Penal sanctions. I. General observations.) Each High contracting party shall be under the obligation to search for persons alleged to have committed, or to have ordered to be committed, such grave breaches, and shall bring such persons, regardless of their nationality, before its own courts. It may also, if it prefers, and in accordance with the provisions of its own legislation, hand such persons over for trial to another High contracting party concerned. Provided such High contracting party has made out a prima facie case. Each High contracting party shall take measures necessary for the suppression of all acts contrary to the provisions of the present convention other than the grave breaches defined in the following Article. In all circumstances, the accused persons shall benefit by.....