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INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT, 1925 Section 182

Title: Testator's belief as to his ownership immaterial

State: Central

Year: 1925

.....and to C an estate which Will, under a settlement, belong to B ifhis elder brother(who is married and has children) shallleave no issue living at hisdeath. B must elect to give up the estateor to lose the legacy. (iv) A, a person of the age of 18, domiciled in 1 [India] but owning real property in England, to which C is heir atlaw, bequeaths a legacy to C and, subjectthereto, devises and bequeaths to B"all my property whatsoever and wheresoever", and dies under 21. The real property in England does not pass by theWill. Cmay claim his legacy without giving up thereal property in England. ________________________ 1. Substitutedby Act 3 of 1951, section 3 and Schedule, for "the States".

The Indian Penal Code 1860 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1860

.....Court of Justice (including a liquidator, receiver or Commissioner) whose duty is, as such officer, to investigate or report on any matter of law or fact, or to make, authenticate, or keep any document, or to take charge or dispose of any property or to execute any judicial process, or to a administrator any oath, or to interpret, or to preserve order in the Court, and every person specially authorized by a Court of Justice to perform any of such duties; Fifth--Every juryman, assessor, or member of a Panchayat assisting a Court of Justice or public servant; Sixth--Every arbitrator or other person to whom any cause or matter has been referred for decision or report by any Court of Justice, or by any other competent public authority; Seventh--Every person who holds any office by virtue of which he is empowered to place or keep any person in confinement; Eighth--Every officer of the Government, whose duty it is, as such officer, to prevent offences, to give information of offences, to being offenders to justice, or to protect the public health, safety or convenience; Ninth--Every officer whose duty it is, as such officer, to take, receive, keep or expend any property on behalf of.....

Companies Act, 1956 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....the same activity as that carried on by the head office of the company; or (c) any establishment engaged in any production, processing or manufacture, but does not include any establishment specified in any order made by the Central Government under (section 8);] (10) "company" means a company as defined in (section 3); [(10A) "Company Law Board" means the Board of Company Law Administration constituted under (section 10E);] [(11) "the Court" means,- (a) with respect to any matter relating to a company (other than any offence against this Act), the Court having jurisdiction under this Act with respect to that matter relating to that company, as provided in (section 10) ; (b) with respect to any offence against this Act, the Court of a Magistrate of the First Class or, as the case may be, a Presidency Magistrate, having jurisdiction to try such offence ;] (12) "debenture" includes debenture stock, bonds and any other securities of a company, whether constituting a charge on the assets of the company or not; [(12A) "depository" has the same meaning as in the (Depositories Act, 1996) (22 of 1996); (12B) "derivative" has the same meaning as in clause (aa) of (S.2.....

Companies Act, 1956 Part 3

Title: Prospectus and Allotment, and Other Matters Relating to Issue of Shares or Debentures

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....disclosed, he proves that he had no knowledge thereof; or (b) he proves that the non-compliance or contravention arose from an honest mistake of fact on his part; or (c) the non-compliance or contravention was in respect of matters which, in the opinion of the Court dealing with the case4[were immaterial] or was otherwise such as ought, in the opinion of that court, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, reasonably to be excused: Provided that no director or other person shall incur any liability in respect of the failure to include in a prospectus a statement with respect to the matters specified in clause 18 of Schedule II, unless it is proved that he had knowledge of the matters not disclosed. (5) This section shall not apply - (a) to the issue to existing members or debenture-holders of a company of a prospectus or form of application relating to shares in or debentures of the company whether an applicant for shares or debentures will or will not have the right to renounce in favour of other persons; or (b) to the issue of a prospectus or form of application relating to shares or debentures which are, or are to be, in all respects uniform with.....

Marine Insurance Act, 1963 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1963

.....any express or implied warranty. (4) Whether any particular circumstance, which is not disclosed, be material or not is, in each case, a question of fact. (5) The term "circumstance" includes any communication made to, or information received by, the assured. SECTION 21: DISCLOSURE BY AGENT EFFECTING INSURANCE Subject to the provisions of the preceding section as to circumstances which need not be disclosed, where an insurance is effected for the assured by an agent, the agent must disclose to the insurer- (a) every material circumstance which is known to himself, and an agent to insure is deemed to know every circumstance which in the ordinary course of business ought to be known by, or to have been communicated to, him; and (b) every material circumstance which the assured is bound to disclose, unless it comes to his knowledge too late to communicate it to the agent. SECTION 22: REPRESENTATIONS PENDING NEGOTIATION OF CONTRACT (1) Every material representation made by the assured or his agent to the insurer during the negotiations for the contract, and before the contract is concluded, must be true. If it be untrue the insurer may avoid the contract. (2) A representation is.....

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....as such Magistrate, exercised the powers of an Assistant Sessions Judge, he may be invested with the powers under this section notwithstanding the fact that he has not exercised the powers of Magistrate of the first class for not less than ten years." Act 19 of 1969, Section 3 and Schedule, Item 14 (in Delhi on 2-10-1969). WEST BENGAL In its application to the State of West Bengal, for Section 30, substitute the following, namely: "30. Offences punishment with imprisonment not exceeding seven years.-Notwithstanding any thing contained in Section 28 or Section 29, the State Government may, in consultation with the High Court, invest any Judicial Magistrate of the first class with power to try as a Magistrate all offences not punishable with death or with imprisonment for life or with imprisonment for a term exceeding seven years : Provided that no Judicial Magistrate of the first class has, prior to his appointment as such powers unless he has, for not less than ten years, exercised powers not inferior to those of a Judicial Magistrate of the first class : Provided further that if any Judicial Magistrate of the first class has, prior to his appointment as such Magistrate,.....

Companies Act, 1956 Section 56

Title: Matters to Be Stated and Reports to Be Set out in Prospectus

State: Central

Year: 1956

.....disclosed, he proves that he had no knowledge thereof; or (b) he proves that the non-compliance or contravention arose from an honest mistake of fact on his part; or (c) the non-compliance or contravention was in respect of matters which, in the opinion of the Court dealing with the case4[were immaterial] or was otherwise such as ought, in the opinion of that court, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, reasonably to be excused: Provided that no director or other person shall incur any liability in respect of the failure to include in a prospectus a statement with respect to the matters specified in clause 18 of Schedule II, unless it is proved that he had knowledge of the matters not disclosed. (5) This section shall not apply - (a) to the issue to existing members or debenture-holders of a company of a prospectus or form of application relating to shares in or debentures of the company whether an applicant for shares or debentures will or will not have the right to renounce in favour of other persons; or (b) to the issue of a prospectus or form of application relating to shares or debentures which are, or are to be, in all respects uniform with.....

Cantonments Act, 1924 Chapter V

Title: Taxation

State: Central

Year: 1924

.....value For the purposes of this Chapter, "annual value" means-- (a) in the case of railway stations, hotels, colleges, schools, hospitals, factories and any other buildings which a1[Board] decides to assess under this clause, one-twentieth of the sum obtained by adding the estimated present cost of erecting the building to the estimated value of the land appertaining thereto, and (b) in the case of building or land not assessed under clause (a), the gross annual rent for which such building (exclusive of furniture or machinery therein) or such land is actually let or, where the building or land is not let or in the opinion of the1[Board] is let for a sum less than its fair letting value, might reasonably be expected to let from year to year: Provided that, where the annual value of any building is, by reason of exceptional circumstances, in the opinion of the1[Board], excessive if calculated in the aforesaid manner, the1[Board] may fix the annual value at any less amount which appears to it to be just. ___________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 24 of 1936, section 69, for "Cantonment Authority". Section 65 - Incidence of taxation (1) Save as otherwise.....

Marine Insurance Act, 1963 Section 48

Title: Deviation

State: Central

Year: 1963

(1) Where a ship, without lawful excused, deviates from the voyage contemplated by the policy, the insured is discharged from liability as from the time of deviation, and it is immaterial that the ship may have regained her route before any loss occurs. (2) There is a deviation from the voyage contemplated by the policy-- (a) where the course of the voyage is specifically designated by the policy, and that course is departed from; or (b) where the course of the voyage is not specifically designated by the policy, but the usual and customary course is departed from. (3) The intention to deviate is immaterial; there must be a deviation in fact to discharge the insurer from his liability under the contract.

Cantonments Act, 2006 Chapter V

Title: Taxes and Fees

State: Central

Year: 2006

.....rateable value" For the purposes of this Chapter, "annual rateable value" means-- (a) in the case of hotels, colleges, schools, hospitals, factories and any other buildings which the Chief Executive Officer decides to assess under this clause, one-twentieth of the sum obtained by adding the estimated present cost of erecting the building to the estimated value of the land appertaining thereto; and (b) in the case of building or land not assessed under clause (a), the gross annual rent for which such building exclusive of furniture or machinery therein or such land is actually let or, where the building or land is not let or in the opinion of the Chief Executive Officer is let for a sum less than its fair letting value, might reasonably be expected to let from year to year: Provided that, where the annual rateable value of any building is, by reason of exceptional circumstances, in the opinion of the President Cantonment Board, excessive if calculated in the aforesaid manner, the President Cantonment Board may fix the annual rateable value at any less amount which appears to him to be just. Section 74 - Incidence of taxation (1) Save as otherwise expressly.....