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Carriers Act, 1865 Section 2

Title: Interpretation Clause

State: Central

Year: 1865

In this Act, unless there be something repugnant in the subject or context, -- "common carrier" denotes a person, other than the Government, engaged in the business of 1 [transporting property under multinodal transport document or of] transporting for his re property from place to place, by land or inland navigation, forall persons indiscriminately; "person" includes any association or body of persons, whether incorporated or not. ______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 28 of 1993, section 31 and Schedule, Pt. I (c.f.o. 16-10-1992)

Carriers Act, 1865 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1865

.....from responsibility is desirable or was intended. If. however, the word "only" be supplied after "anwerable" in the last line but three of the extract from the Railways Actas printed above, the Section becomes intelligible. It limits the liability of Railways Companies to the consequences of gross negligence or misconduct on the part of their agents or servants but declares that from this liability so limited they shall not be allowed to relieve themselves by any kind of contract. There cannot indeed be much doubt that the intention of the Legislature was to place all Railway Companies in what was once supposed to be the exact position of a carrier who had contracted for himself as favourably as the law of England would permit. It was, in fact. long supposed in England that. while a carrier could by contract relieve himself from most of his liabilities, his power of doing so slopped short of liability for negligence or misconduct. Such is the view of the law taken by Mr.Justice Storey in his "Commentaries on the Law of Bailnients" section 549. and such is under stood to be still the law in America. But a series of decisions in the English Courts overturned the older doctrine,.....

ELEPHANTS' PRESERVATION ACT, 1879 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1879

.....or upon, or in the immediate vicinity of, any main public road or any railway or canal; or (c) as permitted by a licence granted under this Act. SECTION 04: RIGHTS OF GOVERNMENT WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN ELEPHANTS AND TUSKS Every wild elephant captured, and the tusks of every wild elephant killed, by any person not licensed under this Act, shall be the property of Government.] SECTION 05: LICENSE TO KILL AND CAPTURE WILD ELEPHANTS - The Collector or deputy Commissioner of any district may, subject to such rules as may for the time being be in force under this Act, grant licences to kill, or to capture, or to kill and capture, wild elephants in such district: Provided that no such licence shall authorize any person to enter upon any land without the consent of the owner or occupier thereof. SECTION 06: POWER OF STATE GOVERNMENT TO DECLARE WHAT ARE MAIN ROADS AND CANALS, AND TO MAKE RULES AS TO LICENCES The State Government may from time to time 8[* * *] declare what shall be deemed to be main public roads and canals within the meaning of this Act, and make rules consistent with this Act for regulating - (a) the grant and renewal of licences under this Act; (b) the fees.....

The Madras Estates Communal, Forest and Private Lands (Prohibition of Alienation) Act, 1947 Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1947

.....included in the Schedule to the Madras Impartible Estates Act, 1904, or subsequently declared to be an impartible estate within the meaning of that Act, by an Act of the Legislature. Section 3 - Prohibition of the alienation of communal, forest and private lands in estate (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, no landholder shall sell, mortgage, convert into ryoti land, lease, or otherwise assign or alienate- (a) any communal or forest land in his estate without the previous sanction of the District Collector, on or after the date on which the Madras Estates Communal, Forest and Private Lands (Prohibition of Alienation) Ordinance, 1947, came into force, namely, the 27th day of June 1947, or (b) any private land in an impartible estate notified by the (Substituted by the Adaptation Order of 1950.) [State] Government in the Fort St. George Gazette, in pursuance of this clause or the corresponding clause in the Ordinance aforesaid, on or after the date on which the estate was so notified: Provided that private land in an impartible estate so notified may be leased for a period not exceeding two years. (2) Any landholder who.....

The Orissa Preservation of Private Forests Act, 1947 Complete Act

State: Orissa

Year: 1947

.....in this behalf. The officer shall pass such orders on the appeal as may think fit. 5. Penalties "(1) Who ever contravenes the provisions of sub section 2 of section 3 or any of the term of a notification under sub section 4 of that section shall be punishable for the first offence with fine which may extent to Rs. 2000 and for a second or subsequent offence with imprisonment which may extent to 2 years or with fine which may extent to 5000 rupees or with both. (2) Not withstanding anything contented in section 322 of the code of Criminal procedure, V of 1893, it shall be lawful for any magistrate of the first-class, specially empowered by the state government in this behalf, to impose a fine exceeding Rs. 1000. 6. Bar of suits " No order made under this act either by the state government or by an officer authorized by them and no notification issued by the government under sub section 4 0f section 3 shall be called in question in any court of law. 7. Power to Make Rules " (1) The State Government may make rules for carrying out the purpose of this act. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the fore going power such rules may provide for- (a) The classes or.....

Banking Regulation Act, 1949 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1949

.....on 19-9-1949. This Act now incorporates the provisions contained therein in the Banking Companies Act. 1949 as a pernabebt basis, in addition. this Act also amends the said Act for the following purposes :- (a) to incorporate special provisions for facilitating quick amalgamations between banking companies: (b) to empower the Reserve Bank to control opening of branches by Indian banks in foreign countries: (c) to provide a meaning of the terms "assets in India" for the purpose of section 25.-Gaz. of Ind.. 24-12-1949. Pt. V. p:501. Act 52 of 1953.- The Banking Companies Act. 1949 (X of 1949) was passed to ensure proper administration of the banking companies in India. The liquidation of banks, however, continued to be governed by the provisions of the Indian Companies Act, 1913. Experience of the liquidation of a large number of banks that failed during the post-war and post-partition period disclosed that the procedure for the liquidation of joint stock companies was totally inadequate for the liquidation of banking companies in a manner satisfactory to the depositors. A bank has a far larger number of debtors than a joint stock company of a comparable size, and the necessity to.....

The Tamil Nadu Preservation of Private Forest Act, 1949 Complete Act

State: Tamil Nadu

Year: 1949

THE TAMIL NADU PRESERVATION OF PRIVATE FOREST ACT, 1949 THE TAMIL NADU PRESERVATION OF PRIVATE FOREST ACT, 1949. TAMIL NADU ACT XXVII OF 1949. (Received the assent of the Governor-General on the 10th December 1949, first published in the Fort St.George Gazette, Extra ordinary on the 14th December 1949.) An Act to prevent the indiscriminate destruction of private forests and interference with customary and prescriptive rights therein and for certain other purposes WHEREAS it is necessary, to prevent the indiscriminate destruction of private forests and interference with customary and prescriptive rights therein: It is hereby enacted as follows:- 1. (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Preservation of Private Forests Act, 1949. 2. It applies (i) * * * * (ii) to forests situated in estates as defined in the Tamil Nadu Estates Land Act, 1908, in the State of Tamil Nadu ; (iii) to private forests situated in other areas in the State of Tamil Nadu and having a contiguous area exceeding forests for the purposes of this Act, by notification, in the District Gazette, but does not apply to reserved forests constituted under the Tamil Nadu Forest Act,.....

The Punjab Land Improvement Schemes Act, 1963 Complete Act

State: Punjab

Year: 1963

THE PUNJAB LAND IMPROVEMENT SCHEMES ACT, 1963 THE PUNJAB LAND IMPROVEMENT SCHEMES ACT, 1963 Punjab Act No. 23 of 1963 Contents SN Sections CHAPTER I Arrangement of Section 1 Short title 2 Definitions CHAPTER II Notification of areas, Constitution of District Land Improvement Committee and making of Land Improvement Schemes 3 Notifications of arrears 4 Constitution, etc., of District Land Improvement Committees. 5 Functions of District Land Improvement Committees. 6 Power to enter upon lands to do certain acts . 7 Approval and publication of schemes. 8 Objections of Schemes. 9 Enquiry into objections and report. 10 Sanctioning of final scheme 11 Publication of final scheme 12 Power of District Land Improvement Committees to make regulations. CHAPTER III Execution of Schemes 13 Soil Conservation Officer to execute the scheme 13A A special provisions for financing of schemes by banks 14 Powers to carry out works under the schemes 15 Power of State Government to carry.....

Maharashtra Fruit Nurseries and Sale of Fruit Plants (Regulation) Act, 1969 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1969

.....to vest power of revision in the State Government. 7. Clause 14.- This clause prescribes the penalties for contravention of the provisions of the Act or the rules made thereunder or for obstruction of the officers in the discharge of their duties. The person on conviction will be punished with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees. 8. Clause 20.- This clause would when necessary enable Government to delegate any of its powers or duties (except the power to make rules) to any officer or authority subordinate to it. MAHARASHTRA GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29th July, 1995 The Maharashtra Fruit Nurseries (Regulation) Act, 1969 has been enacted by the Government of Maharashtra to provide for licensing and regulation of fruit nurseries in the State so as to ensure the supply of genuine pedigree plants to the growers. 2. It has been brought to the notice of the Government that besides the fruit nurseries some persons are engaged in the business of only sale of fruit plants. They are selling fruit plants prepared indiscriminately, without taking into consideration the necessity of selection of proper rootstock and scions, thereby practically defeating the very purpose of this Act......

The Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Protection and Preservation of Trees Act, 1975 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1975

.....of this Act (a) "preservation of trees" includes planting of new trees and other operations for survival and propagation of the trees; (b) "relevant Act" means the Act under which the urban local authority concerned is constituted; (c) "to fell a tree' includes burning or cutting or in any way damaging a tree]; (d) "tree" means any perennial woody plant, whether in the seeding or sappling stage of fully grown stage, and includes shrubs whose branches spring from the ground level;] (e) "Tree Officer" means an officer appointed as such by the Tree Authority for the purpose of this act; (f) "urban area" means a municipal corporation area for which a municipal corporation is constituted under the Bombay Municipal Corporation Act, the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949 or the City of Nagpur Corporation Act, 1948, or a municipal area for which a Municipal Council is constituted under the Maharashtra Municipalities Act,1965, and includes a notified area for which a Special Planning Authority is constituted or appointed under section 40 of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 or an area designated as the site for a new town for which a Development.....