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Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Chapter 17

Title: Of Offences Against Property

State: Central

Year: 1860

.....a reasonable time to enable the owner to claim it. What are reasonable means or what is a reasonable time in such a case, is a question of fact. It is not necessary that the finder should know who is the owner of the property, or that any particular person is the owner of it; it is sufficient if, al the time of appropriating it, he does not believe it to be his own properly, or in good faith believe that the real owner cannot be found. Illustrations (a) A finds a rupee on the high road, not knowing to whom the rupee belongs. A picks up the rupee. Here A has not committed the offence defined in this section. (b) A finds a letter on the road, containing a bank note. From the direction and contents of the letter he learns to whom the note belongs. He appropriates the note. He is guilty of an offence under this section. (c) A finds a cheque payable to bearer. He can form no conjecture as to the person who has lost the cheque. But the name of the person, who has drawn the cheque, appears. A knows that this person can direct him to the person in whose favour the cheque was drawn. A appropriates the cheque without attempting to discover the owner. He is guilty of an.....

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Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 457

Title: Lurking House-trespass or House-breaking by Night in Order to Commit Offence Punishable with Imprisonment

State: Central

Year: 1860

.....court may, for adequate and special reasons to be me ntioned in the judgment, impose a sentence of imprisonment for a term of less than three years". 2[ State of Uttar Pradesh Amendment of section 457 - section 457 of the principal Act shall be renumbered as sub­section (I) of that section and after sub section ( 1 ) as so renumbered, the following sub-section shall be added namely-- ( 2 ) Whoever commits lurking house trespass by night or house breaking by night in any building used as a place of worship in order to the committing of the offence of theft of any idol or icon from such buildings shall notwithstanding any thing contained in sub-section ( 1 ) be punished with rigorous imprisonment which shall not be less than three years but which may extend to fourteen years and with fine which shall not be less than five thousand rupees: Provided that the court may, for adequate and special reasons to be me ntioned in the judgment, impose a sentence of imprisonment for a term of less than three years. _________________ 1. Vide Tamil Nadu Act No. 28 of 1993 , section 5 . 2. Vide U.P.Act 24 of 1995 , section 11 .

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Chapter 32

Title: Execution, Suspension, Remission and Commutation of Sentences

State: Central

Year: 1973

.....subsequent sentence shall run concurrently with such previous sentence: Provided that where a person who has been sentenced to imprisonment by an order under section 122 in default of furnishing security is, whilst undergoing such sentence, sentenced to imprisonment for an offence committed prior to the making of such order, the latter sentence shall commence immediately. (2) When a person already undergoing a sentence of imprisonment for life is sentenced on a subsequent conviction to imprisonment for a term or imprisonment for life, the subsequent sentence shall run concurrently with such previous sentence. STATE AMENDMENT 1Tamil Nadu: In section 247 after sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:- "(1A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), when a person already undergoing a sentence of imprisonment is sentenced on a subsequent conviction to imprisonment under sub-section (2) of section 380 of the Indian Penal Code (Central Act XLV of 1860), for an offence of theft of any idol or icon in any building used as a place of worship, such imprisonment shall commence ac the expiration of the imprisonment to which he has been.....

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Section 427

Title: Sentence on Offender Already Sentenced for Another Offence

State: Central

Year: 1973

.....conviction to imprisonment for a term or imprisonment for life, the subsequent sentence shall run concurrently with such previous sentence. STATE AMENDMENT 1Tamil Nadu: In section 247 after sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:- "(1A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), when a person already undergoing a sentence of imprisonment is sentenced on a subsequent conviction to imprisonment under sub-section (2) of section 380 of the Indian Penal Code (Central Act XLV of 1860), for an offence of theft of any idol or icon in any building used as a place of worship, such imprisonment shall commence ac the expiration of the imprisonment to which he has been previously sentenced." ______________________ 1. Vide Tamil Nadu Act 28 of 1993, Section 6.

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Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 380

Title: Theft in Dwelling House, Etc.

State: Central

Year: 1860

Whoever commits theft in any building, tent or vessel, which building, lent or vessel is used as a human dwelling, or used for the custody of property, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine. STATE AMENDMENTS 1[Tamil Nadu Section 380 of the Indian Penal Code (Central Act XLV of 1860) (hereinafter in this Part referred to as the principal Act), shall be renumbered as sub-section (1) of that section and after sub-section (1) as so renumbered, the following sub-section shall be added, namely":-- "(2) Whoever commits theft in respect of any idol or icon in any building used as a place of worship shall be punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than two years but which may extend to three years and with fine which shall not be less than two thousand rupees: Provided that the court may, for adequate and special reasons to be mentioned in the judgment impose a sentence of imprisonment for a term of less than two years." ______________________ 1. Vide Tamil Nadu Act 28 of 1993, section 2.

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Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 411

Title: Dishonestly Receiving Stolen Property

State: Central

Year: 1860

Whoever dishonestly receives or retains any stolen property, knowing or having reason to believe the same to be stolen property, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both. STATE AMENDMENT 1[Tamil Nadu: Section 411 of principal Act shall be renumbered as sub-section (i) of that section and after sub-section (1) as so renumbered, the following sub-section shall be added, namely:-- "(2) Whoever dishonestly receives or retains any idol or icon stolen from any building used as a place of worship knowing or having reason to believe the same to be stolen property shall, notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), be punished with rigorous imprisonment which shall not be less than two years but which shall not be less than two thousand rupees: Provided that the court may, for adequate and special reasons to be mentioned in the judgment, impose a sentence of imprisonment for a term of less than two years,"]. _______________ 1. Vide Tamil Nadu Act 28 of 1993, section 3 (w.e.f. 13-7-1993).

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Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Section 454

Title: Lurking House-trespass or House-breaking in Order to Commit Offence Punishable with Imprisonment

State: Central

Year: 1860

.....commits lurking house-trespass or house-breaking in any building used as a place of worship, in order to the committing of the offence of theft of any idol or icon from such building, shall notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section ( 1 ), be punished with rigorous imprisonment which shall not he less than three years but which may extend to ten years and with fine which shall not be less than five thousand rupees: Provided that the court may, for adequate and special reasons to be me ntioned in the judgment, impose a sentence of imprisonment for a term of less than three years". _________________ 1. Vide Tamil Nadu Act 28 of 1993 , section 4 (w.e.f. 13-7-1993) .

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Companies Act, 2013, Schedule

Title: Schedule Vi

State: Central

Year: 2013

.....power by laying a network of new transmission or distribution lines. (7) Petroleum and natural gas, including the following:-- (a) exploration and production; (b) import terminals; (c) liquefaction and re-gasification; (d) storage terminals; (e) transmission networks and distribution networks including city gas infrastructure. (8) Housing, including the following:-- (a) urban and rural housing including public/mass housing, slum rehabilitation, etc; (b) other allied activities such as drainage, lighting, laying of roads, sanitation and facilities. (9) Other miscellaneous facilities/services, including the following:-- (a) mining and related activities; (b) technology related infrastructure; (c) manufacturing of components and materials or any other utilities or facilities required by the infrastructure sector like energy saving devices and metering devices; (d) environment related infrastructure; (e) disaster management services; (f) preservation of monuments and icons; (g) emergency services (including medical, police, fire and rescue). (10) such other facility service as may be prescribed.

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1973

.....officer shall inform the arrested person of his rights under sub-section (1) as soon as he is brought to the police station. (3) An entry of the fact as to who has been informed of the arrest of such person shall be made in a book to be kept in the police station in such form as may be prescribed in this behalf by the State Government. (4) It shall be the duty of the Magistrate before whom such arrested person is produced, to satisfy himself that the requirements of sub-section (2) and sub-section (3) have been complied with in respect of such arrested person.] * Inserted by the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2005, S. 7. SECTION 51: SEARCH OF ARRESTED PERSON .- (1) Whenever a person is arrested by a police officer under a warrant which does not provide for the taking of bail, or under a warrant which provides for the taking of bail but the person arrested cannot furnish bail, and whenever a person is arrested without warrant, or by a private person under a warrant, and cannot legally be admitted to bail, or is unable to furnish bail, the officer making the arrest or, when the arrest is made by a private person, the police officer to whom he makes over the.....

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Deposit Insurance Corporation (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1978 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1978

.....to the Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, 1961, which are considered necessary in the light of experience gained in the administration of the Act. SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Deposit Insurance Corporation (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1978. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act; and any reference in any provision to the commencement of this Act shall be constituted as a reference to the commencement of that provision. SECTION 02: DEFINITIONS -In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Company" means the Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Limited, a Company formed and registered under the Companies Act, 195,6 (1 of 1956), and having its registered office at Bombay; (b) "Corporation" means the Deposit Insurance Corporation established under sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, 1961 (47 of 1961) ; (c) "re-named Corporation" means 'the Corporation last re-named in accordance with the provisions of Section 4;.....

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