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Indian Ports Act, 1908 Section 14

Title: Raising or Removal of Wreck Impeding Navigation Within Limits of Port

State: Central

Year: 1908

.....further sum aforesaid, the owner of the vessel at the time the vessel was wrecked, stranded or sunk shall be liable to pay the deficiency to the conservator on demand, and if the deficiency be not paid within one month of such demand the conservator may recover the deficiency from such owner in the manner laid down in Sub-section (2) of Section 57 for recovery of expenses and damages or in any other manner according a the deficiency does not or does exceed one thousand rupees.] __________________________ 1. Inserted by Indian Ports (Amendment) Act (23 of 1992), Section 3 (12-8-1992). (55 of 1952). 2. Substituted for "under Sub-section (1)" by Act (23 of 1992), Section 3 (12-8-1992). 3. Substituted for the words "six months" by the Indian Ports (Amendment) Act 1952 (55 of 1952). Section 2 (9-8-1952). Words "two months" as substituted have now been substituted by words "thirty days" by Indian Ports (Amendment) Act (23 of 1992), Section 3 (12-8-1992).

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....in 1867, 1882andagain in 1893and 1896 but all these attempts failed owing to legal and constitutional difficulties.Two of the principal contributory factors were the then limited powers of the Indian Legislature to legislate regarding shipping and the fact that part of the British Statute law on the subject, including parts of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, which is the principal United-Kingdom enactment on the subject, applied to Indian and any Indian enactment had to be in legal harmony with that law. A fresh attempt was made in 1921-22 to codify the Indian law on merchant shipping by the Statute Law Revision Committee, which decided that only consolidation, and not revision should be attempted immediately. The result was the Indian Merchant Shipping Act, 1923, which is now on the Statute Book and which consolidated some 21 existing Indian Acts on the subject. This Act has also been amended from time to time, the two major amendments being those made in 1933 and in 1953 so as to take power to implement the provisions of the international conventions with respect to load lines, 1930, and with respect to safety of life at sea, 1948, respectively, which have been ratified by.....

Government of India Act, 1915-19 [Repealed] Repealing Act 1

Title: Government of India Act, 1935

State: Central

Year: 1915

.....inconsistent with the scheme of Federation embodied in this Act: Provided that after the establishment of the Federation, if any Instrument has in fact been accepted by His Majesty, the validity of that Instrument or of any of its provisions shall not be called in question and the provisions of this Act shall, in relation to the State, have effect subject to the provisions of the Instrument. (5) It shall be a term of every Instrument of Accession that the provisions of this Act mentioned in the Second Schedule thereto, may, without affecting the accession of the State, be amended by or by authority of Parliament, but not such amendment shall, unless it is accepted by the Ruler in a supplementary Instrument, be construed as extending the func­tions which by virtue of the Instrument are exercisable by His Majesty or any Federal Authority in relation to the State. (6) An Instrument of Accession or supplementary Instrument shall not be valid unless it is executed by the Ruler himself, but, subject as afore­said, references in this Act to the .Ruler of a State include references to any persons for the time being exercising the powers of the Ruler of the State, whether by.....

Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000 Schedule I

Title: Schedule

State: Central

Year: 2000

..... (d) Law enforcement including domestic riot control purposes. 10. "Production Capacity" means: The annual quantitative potential for manufacturing a specific chemical based on the technological process actually used or, if the process is not yet operational, planned to be used at the relevant facility. It shall be deemed to be equal to the nameplate capacity or, if the nameplate capacity is not available, to the design capacity. The nameplate capacity is the product output under conditions optimized for maximum quantity for the production facility, as demonstrated by one or more test-runs. The design capacity is the corresponding theoretically calculated product output. 11. "Organization" means: The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons established pursuant to Article VIII of this Convention. 12. For the purposes of Article VI: (a) "Production" of a chemical means its formation through chemical reaction; (b) "Processing" of a chemical means a physical process, such as formulation, extraction and purification, in which a chemical is not converted into another chemical; (c) "Consumption" of a chemical means its conversion into another chemical.....

Government of India Act, 1935 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1935

.....inconsistent with the scheme of Federation embodied in this Act: Provided that after the establishment of the Federation, if any Instrument has in fact been accepted by His Majesty, the validity of that Instrument or of any of its provisions shall not be called in question and the provisions of this Act shall, in relation to the State, have effect subject to the provisions of the Instrument. (5) It shall be a term of every Instrument of Accession that the provisions of this Act mentioned in the Second Schedule thereto, may, without affecting the accession of the State, be amended by or by authority of Parliament, but not such amendment shall, unless it is accepted by the Ruler in a supplementary Instrument, be construed as extending the functions which by virtue of the Instrument are exercisable by His Majesty or any Federal Authority in relation to the State. (6) An Instrument of Accession or supplementary Instrument shall not be valid unless it is executed by the Ruler himself, but, subject as aforesaid, references in this Act to the Ruler of a State include references to any persons for the time being exercising the powers of the Ruler of the State, whether by reason of the.....

Delhi Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act, 1998 Complete Act

State: Delhi

Year: 1998

.....agricultural produce for sale in any market area or market, surveys it for ascertaining the quality, refraction, adulteration and other like factors (zg)"trader" means a person who, in the normal course, carries out the business of buying or selling, storing or processing of any notified agricultural produce as a principal or as a duly authorised agent (2)If any question aries as to whether a person is or is not an agriculturist for the purpose of this Act, the matter shall be referred to the Director whose decision thereon shall be final. CHAPTER 2 ESTABLISHMENT OF MARKET AREA Section3 Notification of intention of regulating marketing of notified agricultural produce in area (1)The Government may, by notification, published in the Official Gazette, and such other manner as may be prescribed, declare its intention of regulating the marketing of such agricultural produce, and in such area, as may be specified in the notification, in accordance with the provisions of this Act : Provided that no such area shall be included in the notification except after consultation with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, New Delhi Municipal Council, Delhi Cantonment Board and.....

Indian Ports Act, 1908 Chapter III

Title: Port-officials and their Powers and Duties

State: Central

Year: 1908

.....vessel to raise, remove or destroy the vessel within such period as may be specified in the notice and to furnish such adequate security to the satisfaction of the conservator to ensure that the vessel shall be raised, removed or destroyed within the said period. Provided that the conservator may extend such period to such further period as he may consider necessary having regard to the circumstances of such case and the extent of its impediment to navigation. (1A) Where the owner of any vessel to whom a notice has been issued under Sub-section (1) fails to raise, remove or destroy such vessel within the period specified in the notice or the extended period or fails to furnish the security required of him, the conservator may cause the vessel to be raised, removed or destroyed. (1B) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing sub-section, if the conservator is of the opinion that any vessel which is wrecked, standard or sunk in any port is required to be immediately raised, removed or destroyed for the purpose of uninterrupted navigation in such port, he may, without giving any notice under Sub-section (1), cause the vessel to be raised, removed or destroyed.] (2).....

Ports Act, 1908 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1908

.....into one Act. The result will be that the law will be.more easily ascertainable and that one Act will take the place of six on the Statute book. The fact that the General Clauses Act, 1897, will apply to Bill when passsed has rendered it unnecessary to retain some provisions of the existing Act. The opportunity has been taken to incorporate alterations of a formal character intended merely to improve and simplify the language of the existing Act. The numbering of the Sections of the Act of 1889 has been preserved. The only clause which in any way alters the law at at present in force in clause 43(b). That clause corresponds to S. 43(b) of the Act, which enacts that the owner or master of a vessel must pay all expenses, required by S.228 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854 to be borne by him, before the grant of a port-clearance. The Statute of 1854 has been repealed by the present Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (57 and 58 Vict.. Cap. 60). Section 207 of which makes the owner or master liable to pay a further item of expense in addition to the items mentioned in the corresponding Section (228) of the repealed Statute. The substitution of Section 207 of the existing Statute for the.....

United Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act, 1947 Schedule I

Title: Schedule

State: Central

Year: 1947

.....shall be: (a) exempt from all direct taxes; it is understood, however, that the United Nations will not claim exemption from taxes which are, in fact, no more than charges for public utility services; (b) exempt from customs duties and prohibitions and restrictions on imports and exports in respect of articles imported or exported by the United Nations for its official use.It is understood, however, that articles imported under such exemption will not be sold in the country into which they were imported except under conditions agreed with the Government of that country; (c) exempt from customs duties, prohibitions, and restrictions on imports and exports in respect of its publications. SECTION 8. While the United Nations will not , as a general rule, claim exemption from excise duties and from taxes on the sale of movable and immovable property which form part of the price to be paid. nevertheless when the United Nations is making important purchase of official for official use of property on which such duties and taxes have been charged or are chargeable.Members will, whenever possible, make appropriate administrative arrangements for the remission or return of the.....

Inland Vessels Act, 1917 AmendingActs 3

Title: Inland Steam-vessels (Amendment) Act, 1977

State: Central

Year: 1917

.....be substituted, namely :-- "Whenever the State Government is satisfied that it is necessary or expedient to have a formal investigation into the facts of any case reported under section 32 or otherwise brought to its notice, the State Government may". 22.Insertion of new Chapter IVA After Chapter IV of the principal Act, the following Chapter shall be inserted, namely :-- CHAPTER IVA REMOVAL OF OBSTRUCTIONS AND SIMILAR HAZARDS IN NAVIGATION 44A.Raising of or removal of wreck impeding navigation,etc. (1) If any mechanically propelled vessel or other vessel is wrecked, stranded or sunk in any inland water is or is likely to become obstruction, impediment or danger to the safe and convenient navigation or use of inland water or the landing place or embarkment or part thereof, any officer empowered by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette in this behalf (hereafter in this Chapter referred to as competent officer) shall cause the vessel to be raised, removed, blown up or otherwise destroyed as the circumstances may warrant. (2) If any property recovered by a competent officer acting under sub-section (1) is unclaimed or the person claiming it.....